tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163563.post115660918939870768..comments2011-12-10T06:07:30.777-06:00Isabellenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163563.post-12574645736489403392011-12-10T06:07:30.777-06:002011-12-10T06:07:30.777-06:00I love Monastery Fruitcake and get one for myself every year, plus send one to my sister, who always looks forward to it. It more than lives up to our expectations. The nice tin it comes in keeps it fresh and moist. I've tried many fruitcakes over the years and this is the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163563.post-9637436890491862242009-12-27T11:14:53.993-06:002009-12-27T11:14:53.993-06:00I did not like Holy Cross Abbey fruitcake AT ALL! I threw half of it away. The only reason I bought it instead of the other top reviewed cakes is because I WAS intrigued by the thought of the chocolate covered slices and that was because I've used a James Beard fruitcake recipe that had some chocolate in it that was fantastic. The chocolate on the slices was excellent but the slices of fruitcake were VERY DRY. I even send an email (right after sampling both the cake and chocolate covered slices to the Abbey) voicing my complaints and I never received a reply which really made me very angry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163563.post-1166111421873402202006-12-14T09:50:00.000-06:002006-12-14T09:50:00.000-06:00Having initially grown up on the ubiquitous (in the South) fruitcakes, I found the Holy Cross Abbey fruitcake a nice switch. We've given a number of these as gifts over the years and friends have started looking forward to getting it. My girlfriend who is Methodist didn't quite get the humor in the fact that for years you could only order the fruitcake by mail or by fax but not by telephone. I had to explain the Trappist vow of silence to her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163563.post-1165419269200030812006-12-06T09:34:00.000-06:002006-12-06T09:34:00.000-06:00Like your mother, I love Gethsemani's cake, but this year I'm in the mood for a change. So I'll try the Berryville Va. version, and let you know what I think. Gethsemani disappointed me last year with a cake that had hard bits of something or other in it. Also, I haven't thought the Bourbon had quite enough presence.Steve Pressleynoreply@blogger.com