Today, I am having a piece of fruitcake along with my morning coffee, and it is SO delicious ! They had the larger round ones and the small little ones, which are almost all fruit ; so I ordered the little kind. The larger ones are more like a heavy cake with fruit in it, and the little Claxton ones are almost all fruit and nuts and held together by a little bit of cake. If I am going to have fruit cake, I want it to have lots of those fruit bits in it. I can remember when I was a little girl and my mom gave me fruit cake, and i didn’t think that tasted like fruit at all; but now I love the taste of the candied fruits.
I love fruitcake of all kinds. We used to get the candied fruit cakes and even baked a few. Now we generally make them with dried fruit that is not candied or dyed. It isn't as colorful, but it certainly delicious. Since much of our family is keto or on some other dietary restriction, I usually get it almost all to myself when we make them. Haven't made any this year, though, so it might be a little late.
I have two brands of fruitcakes coming this week. I discovered that HEB carries the Collin Street Bakery cakes so I got one in my grocery order today ($31!!!) and I ordered a couple of the Claxton cakes from Walmart. That should keep the Better Half occupied for a while. Now I just need a box of chocolate covered cherries.