Comments on: What’s Your Fruitcake Tradition?

by: Debra Wilson

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:26:12 +0000

Your new Blueberry cheesecake is delicious. I hope you add this to your line of cheesecakes, so I can order all year. I love your cheesecakes!

by: barbara mckay

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:42:19 +0000

GROWING UP IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS MADE FRUITCAKES. THEY STARTED EARLY NOVEMBER SO THEY COULD BE WRAPPED AND MOISTENED. HOWEVER, WHEN WE MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 1955, MY MOTHER STARTED PURCHASING FROM COLLINS STREET BAKERY AS SHE HAD NO TIME TO BAKE HOME MADE. WHEN I LEFT HOME FOR COLLEGE IN 1957 I STILL RECEIVED A FRUITCAKE FROM HER FROM YOUR BAKERY. WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1978, I TEN HADSTO START ORDERING MY OWN AS WELL AS FOR MY IN-LAWS. WE HAVE SENT SO-OO MANY ITEMS OF YOURS TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER THE YEARS THEY ALL ASK WELL BEFORE CHRISTMAS IF THAT’S WHAT WE ARE SENDING.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOUR FRUITCAKE HAS BEEN ON MY TABLE FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS AS WELL AS A LOT OF YOUR OTHER PRODUCTS.

EVEN MY HAIRDRESSER (WHO VOWED HE HATED FRUITCAKE) REQUESTED ONE FROM ME THIS YEAR. IF THIS IS NOT A GOOD RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ELSE I CAN SAY.

PS. I DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD A BLOG LIKE THIS OR I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE.

BARBARA

by: ajaz h

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:53:27 +0000

we also order some of the new reciepes and the apricot peacan fruit cake was really great and went down well and we have put in orders for more, if anyone has not tried it I would highly recommend
thanks you

by: Sharon Yens

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:52:00 +0000

My Mom, may she rest in peace, was a customer since 1995.
She died 5/7/06 and that first Christmas was tough: No Mom, no fruitcake, no banana cake, it seemed to be a day that mearly came and went.
This year in mid December, my husband and I traveled to Houston to visit our daughter. I had received a post card from Collin Street Bakery in Mom’s name to our address. I took the card along on the trip and on our way home, we detoured up to Corsicana.
We stopped at the “new” bakery just off 45. What a treat!
The “White House Pastry Chef” was there that day and we sampled delicious apple cinnamon fruitcake.
We also purchased several items to bring home. Cakes, bread, ornaments, and of course several varieties of fruitcake.
On our way out of the bakery, a gentleman stopped and welcomed us to the bakery. He saw we were from Michigan and wished us a safe journey home as well as thanking us for our patronage.
We celebrated Christmas this year with Texas Fruitcake. Each sibling having a favorite. Mine the apple cinnamon. My sister’s the pineapple pecan. My husband, the traditionalist, regular deluxe. My brother the apricot pecan. Several friends were able to sample our treats as well and commented on how these cakes turned them onto fruitcake!
All I know is I will continue the tradition my Mom started just a few years ago. Whether I order on-line or visit again in person, I will continue to buy these goods.
Thank you.

by: spencer speros

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:27:06 +0000

i’ve been buying collin street bakery native texas pecan cakes for 10 years for my self and friends and relatives.

my dear old aunt marye liked them so much, now she wants to order some herself for herself.

spencer speros

by: Ricardo Drummond

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:37:10 +0000

Here in Brasil we don´t have this kind of fruit cake, the same way we don´t have the Collin Street Bakery on next corner, so I’ve got very excited to taste it when I saw the history of the fruit cake in the History Channel tv.
Right now I´m eating this marvel cake that I’ve ordered by internet, received by mail and in the promised time.
And it is so good.

by: Sandy And Larry Price

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:07:10 +0000

We were transferred with the Army to Dallas, Texas. The position my husband had required traveling all over the state. Someone told him about the Collin Street Fruitcakes. He bought one at the bakery, and a new tradition began! We bought the first one in 1992, and we have enjoyed one each year since then. After moving to WV we ordered online. Their shipping department does a great job getting the cake to you on time. We had the Pineapple Pecan Fruitcake, too, this year, and it was delicious. Aside from the delicious desserts,I am impressed with the live chat option and the very friendly, competent customer service agents. There was a small “glitch” with our cake this year. I called and my situation was handled immediately, with no hesitation. Even sent us another cake. How many companies will do this?

by: George and Marjorie Bess

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:23:44 +0000

Our “adventure” may not be as dramatic as others. We found out about Collin Street Bakery on one of those travel shows. Hey, that’s no too far to go from Fort Worth! So, since 1996 we’ve made our little “pilgrimage” to Corsicana just about every year since. We would buy our fruitcake and some other goodies and a 10¢ cup of coffee and then order fruitcakes for family members. The only fruitcake that I considered better was one that my mother made when I was young. We would go downtown to a specialty store where there were barrels of candied fruits and bushels of nuts and fixings. Both of these awesome fruitcakes should slam the door on cruel fruitcake jokes.

by: Costantino (Gus) Cerini

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:51:21 +0000

You might be interested to know that your fruitcake made the Italian Language Forum on the “About Italian” weekly newsletter of December 22. See below. The translation is:

“Dear Avon 12, you say American fruitcake is a ‘joke’. It would seem to me that you never tasted the fruitcake from Collins Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas.”

I was very happy to read this observation, as I have been enjoying your fruitcake for years and am constantly offering it to people who have no idea how great it is.

–Gus Cerini,
Pearl River, NY

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Cara Avon 12, Se dice che il fruitcake americano e’ uno ’scherzo,’ mi pare che non abbia mai assaggiato il fruitcake del Collins Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas.

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by: Wanda Wehrend

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:22:12 +0000

My brother and his wife from Arkansas sent me your delicious fruit cake shipped direct to Salem, Va. It arrived for New Years.. which was great. It is quite delicious and I would recommend them to anyone for a delicious treat. People who do not like fruitcake obviously has not tried one your cakes.

Wanda Wehrend