Fruitcake?

[BrooksNYC]

Am not ashamed to admit that I really love it. Can anyone recommend a good fruitcake, available locally? In years past, I've ordered my fruitcakes from out-of-state monasteries and/or bakeries, but this year would prefer to shop in NYC, if only to save on shipping charges.

Thanks for your help!

[BrooksNYC]

This is really a topic for a different thread, but the best fruitcake I've ever had (and unlike anything I'd hitherto associated with fruitcake) was a Caribbean Black Cake from Caribbean Cake Connoisseurs:

http://www.rumcake.com/

Dark, complex, velvety and sublime. It's more than I can afford this year, but I can't imagine any fruitcake lover not flipping over this cake.

[Pan]

Results from clicking your link:

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Where is the store you're referring to?

[Skippy1414]

There's actually a recipe for it here, to give you an idea of what it's like.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/12252-car...

If I could find anyone in my family who'd like it, I'd make it...I still might.

[BrooksNYC]

@Pan:

Not sure why you're having trouble with that link. Try again, because I'm getting through with no problems on the first click.

The company seems to go by two names these days: "Caribbean Cake Connoisseurs" (the original name) and "The Black Cake Company."

[Pan]

I guess the link was just on the fritz last night.

[Sneakeater]

I had that Caribean Black Cake, too. It was sort of life-changing.

[BrooksNYC]

Exactly. I don't think "life-changing" is too strong a term.

: )

[UES Mayor]

I saw a mountain of them at Harlem Costco yesterday-looked very good. I love fruitcake as well!!!!

[The Professor]

I love fruitcake too...good fruitcake (especially one that is properly booze soaked and aged for months) is wonderful to behold.

Johnny Carson was a good comedian, but he is at least partially responsible for turning fruitcake into a joke. It was a running gag of his for years, which seemed to turn hatred for fruitcake into a badge of 'hipness'.

[BrooksNYC]

Fruitcake gotsta be booze-soaked!

Thus far, I've been pretty unimaginative about which boozes I choose to soak with. I usually go with brandy or bourbon, but one of the best fruitcakes I ever had was soaked in Grand Marnier.

[BrooksNYC]

@UES Mayor:

Dark or light fruitcake? Do you have a preference? I like the dark ones.

[UES Mayor]

oh dark for sure!! once you go dark.....theres no turning back!!

[kathryn]

I haven't tried it yet but Allison of First Prize Pies and Keavy of Kumquat Cupcakes have teamed up to create Butter & Scotch, and the other day they posted to Twitter that they were making fruitcake. If it's as good as their other items, it should be really good.

I am also quite fond of the stollen from Momofuku Milk Bar's stand at the Union Square Holiday Market.

See also:
http://newyork.metromix.com/restauran...

[BrooksNYC]

Thanks so much for all the great suggestions, Kathryn. Sounds like I'm spoiled for choices.

: )

Happy holidays to you!