Reply #19: for me

[Manifestor_of_Light]

Best commercial answer:

The BEST fruitcake out there is from Eilenberger's Bakery in Palestine, Texas.
www.eilenbergerbakery.com

It is far better than Deluxe Fruitcake from Corsicana, Texas.

Also, Eilenberger's makes a Pecan Cake and Chocolate Pecan Cake that are basically fruitcake with very little fruit and mostly nuts with a bit of batter for the binder. I am not nuts about fruitcake but I can actually tolerate Eilenberger's.

As far as homemade stuff, i make my own fudge with walnuts in it from a slightly modified recipe I found on a jar. It's expensive to buy the tins and mail it, but people love it.

All afternoon we cooked and fixed Xmas dinner for some artist/musician types that we know probably don't have family nearby, and we took it over there and they all loved it. When your family is mostly gone or far away, you have to make a new family of your friends. It was great. I think we had 12 people from 3 different warehouse/studios in the same building.