Fruit cake, where to find a good one

[Campofiorin]

Hi, Christmas is fast coming and my girlfriend, ever so nostalgic, is looking to find a good or even great fruit cake, not those carboard boxes tasting things that we too often find on the market. Anybody knows where to find a good yet affordable fruit cake? Merci mille fois!!!

Edited December 14, 2005 by Campofiorin (log)

[alamut]

There is a Trappist monastery in Gethsemani Kentucky that makes the best fruitcake in the whole US of A. Its not just my impression of their fruit cake. The Wall Street Journal (what business they have reviewing foods is beyond me) has done an annual rating of fruitcakes each December and the monastery has come out #1 for the last 5 years running. In any case, their stuff is just superb; even people who hate fruitcake love these cakes (the monks use plenty of bourbon). They also sell bourbon fudge and some really excellently crafted cheeses. All of their stuff is available over the website monks.org, but they’re probably pretty busy this time of the year.

[Campofiorin]

Thanks for the recco but the thing is this is the Montreal board and I'm looking to find it here in Montreal.

[toto2]

Marché des Saveurs at MJT have an home made fruit cake. I was in there kitchen when Michel , there cook, was basting them with Grand Marnier !

[Campofiorin]

Thanks a bunch toto, I'll grab some nuts while I'm there, they're amazing.

[toto2]

So , did you try the fruit cake from Marché des saveurs ? I want to be able to give the comments back to Isabelle and Simon of MdS ! I know they would like to know if there " home" products are good !

PS: we are making peanuts today , so tomorrow for sure , a new batch will be at MdS !

[Campofiorin]

Unfortunately, we didnt'n try it as my mother-in-law found a source for fruitcake and couldn't wait to have some. Next year maybe. As for the peanuts, I'll try to go to the market.