This monastery in Missouri has a pretty good one.
https://www.assumptionabbey.org/fruitcakes

I love sliced fruit cake toasted with butter

https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/bakery/category/fruitcakes-stollens
Thought of this fyi

There's some monastery -- somewhere in California maybe? -- that makes fruit cake every year. But they also use chemically-laden fruit. (I'm the Claxton poster.)

A few per week?? That’s a lot of cake, fruit or otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:
If you like it extra sweet, Costco’s fruitcake is good. And huge.

Corn syrup and palm oil. Yummy...

I think it evokes negative connotations because people are so traumatized from eating stale ones growing up? But if you serve it to people as a 'molasses cake' (that's really what it is) and make it with butter and good ingredients, it's a very tasty and cozy dessert with tea or coffee.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love them but it is hard to find good ones. Any suggestions?

If you like it extra sweet, Costco’s fruitcake is good. And huge.

Is it dark? I need a dark fruit cake.

- boring Canadian

I also love a fruit cake but they’re so bad in the US. What brand do you buy, op? I would love to find a good one!

Ps. I’m not 85 but I am from Canada, so probably boring.

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Anonymous wrote:I love them but it is hard to find good ones. Any suggestions?

Good? There isn't anything better than Claxton -- I'm not saying they're "good" just that there isn't anything better. I couldn't find a single fruit cake that had fruit not doused in chemicals. If you find one, let me know.

Claxton is usually sold at Giant and Safeway and also hardware stores, on the counter by the registers.

Ok, fruitcake war. I think Clayton fruitcake is, um, not very good.
This is the only one I’ve voluntarily eaten as an adult.
I’m honestly not sure about the chemicals. I’ll read the label to see what’s up with those colorful cherries.
I’m also willing to try at least a taste of another brand. Maybe Trader Joe’s will have some options?

https://collinstreet.com/regular-deluxe-fruitcake

Anonymous wrote:Stop saying “snack on” when you simply mean eat.

Yeah, I have a hard time picturing it as a snack.

Anonymous wrote:My mom made something in the fruit cake genre but SO MUCH better called Boiled Cake. It was amazing.

YUM. Thank you. I'm going to try this. (But it's not in the fruit cake genre, just because it has raisins in it. It looks like regular cake.)

My mom made something in the fruit cake genre but SO MUCH better called Boiled Cake. It was amazing.

Anonymous wrote:I love them but it is hard to find good ones. Any suggestions?

Good? There isn't anything better than Claxton -- I'm not saying they're "good" just that there isn't anything better. I couldn't find a single fruit cake that had fruit not doused in chemicals. If you find one, let me know.

Claxton is usually sold at Giant and Safeway and also hardware stores, on the counter by the registers.

No, but I really like the Costco fruitcake. It’s very good.