Tell us about your fruitcake tradition? The fruitcake tradition, depending on the source, dates as far back as the Roman times.  Other sources reference the nut harvest in Europe, and a cake made of nuts which was saved for the following year. 

Collin Street Bakery is beginning to assemble its online fruitcake tradition blog, and you can be one of the first to tell us about your holiday fruitcake traditions.  To review our company history, click here. 

If you have pictures on Flickr, and they’re family appropriate, we’d love to see holiday photos with you, your family and your Collin Street Bakery fruitcake.  To view our pictures that we’re beginning to assemble, visit our Collin Street Flickr page.

We’re also beginning to assemble articles that have been published over the years regarding our Corsicana, Texas fruitcake story, including this New York Times article referencing a Norwegian who wanted to send her grandmother a holiday fruitcake.  There is a free preview of the article, however, NYT does charge for full-view unless you have a subscription.

As we compile stories about your holiday traditions, don’t forget to order your traditional holiday fruitcake from Collin Street Bakery in time for this year’s Christmas season.  For those who are learning about Collin Street Bakery’s fruitcake, in case you’re still undecided, read our fruitcake testimonials.

Welcome to our new blog. Just to let you know a little bit about our company here is some background information.  Collin Street bakery is a family-owned-and-operated bakery, located just 50 miles south of Dallas in Corsicana Texas.  We have been baking the world-famous DeLuxe Fruitcake for over 110 years.
 

The DeLuxe Texas Fruitcake or Pecan Cake you order today is still baked true to the Old-World recipe brought to Corsicana, Texas from Wiesbaden, Germany in 1896 by master baker Gus Weidmann. He and his partner, Tom McElwee, built a lively business in turn-of-the-century Corsicana which included an elegant hotel on the top floor of the bakery. Many famous guests enjoyed their fine hospitality including Enrico Caruso, Will Rogers, John J. McGraw, “Gentleman Jim” Corbett and John Ringling.
 

We are mail order specialists, and whether your order is for one cake or 1,000, we make sure it is sent exactly as requested.  We use only the finest ingredients including native pecans, fresh pineapple from our farm in Costa Rica, Washington State cherries, Costa Rican papaya, and pure clover honey.

Our fruitcake tastes even better with our rich Costa Rican Cinchona coffee.  We guarantee your order will be delivered fresh and on time.  If you would like to learn more about our family tradition and fruitcake history, visit our about us page and watch for upcoming posts.  We will be blogging about our industry, products, and upcoming events for Collin Street Bakery.