Here in Texas we’ve our own Fruit Cake Factory. Collin Street Bakery just a bit south of Dallas. They ship their cakes in a lidded round tin (similar to the round tins holding delicious shortbread cookies on the stores shelves during Christmas season
https://www.collinstreet.com/online_bakery_gift/deluxe_fruitcake
I’ve read they use a large amount of salt in their recipe which helps in preserving the cake for a longer period of time.
This recipe, however, does not call for a large quantity of salt. Claiming it lasts for a year or more - who knows :) These seldom hang around that long.
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2008/SEP/31775.html
Any cake remaining after the first nibblers leave the scene, you might wish to make dressing/stuffing.
http://www.zestuous.com/2012/06/collin-street-bakery-fruitcake-stuffing/
The stollen my German grandmother made was only eaten once, but the memory from childhood still lingers. Eating breakfast in the northern state of N.D. was a completely different meal than eating here in the south. LOL - they had cookies after breakfast :) As a child who could turn the nose up after that?
One day before I go, there will be a Kolache eaten. Do not remember ever eating one, though my other half has more than once. Do believe it would be something to savor. One of each: the savory and the sweet.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/kolaches/
Even I have seen Collins fruitcakes! I think my mom used to love those! She also used to make some but we kids would not touch them...
There is a restaurant in New Orleans that serves dessert after breakfast. It’s the same restaurant that had my favorite pirate painting from childhood actually on their wall. I was stunned to see a painting I loved in a pirate book at age 7 (for the scary shivers the painting gave me) right there unexpectedly in a restaurant lobby. And we had some kind of flambé bananas for dessert after breakfast there.
My mom is 81. I went to the Collins site you linked & their fruitcake, which my mom loves, looks wonderful. When I get home I am calling & ordering one for her. I hate being far away, but this will be a nice treat. Thanks for a new place to order!