UPDATE: I have been trying lots of other fruitcakes lately, but this is still the best. Other brands of reasonably priced cake are moist, full of fruit and nuts, and delicious. However, when we bought the 3-pound, Swiss Colony, guaranteed fruitcake, we found that it was gooier, fruiter, and nuttier (and more expensive) than the other cakes. Now, we only want the Swiss Colony cakes for the holidays.
The metal can contributes to the cost, but after trying a bunch of other options, I found that the can helps keep the cake moist and the outer package from becoming sticky. We vote these the best fruitcakes ever.
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I hope this review has been really helpful. Enjoy your holidays!
Note: there are at least two basic types of fruit cakes and people tend to like one style. This is a dense, syrupy sweet combination of dried fruits and nuts pressed together with very little flour. The other style is more like a baked flour fruit bread of nuts, and dried or candied fruit distributed widely throughout the bread. This bread style it is more like what German bakers used to call a "stollen" when I was young(er). If you are looking for the yeasty, bready style, search for the other type of fruit bread, instead. I found people's reviews helpful, because the online description often seemed to confuse the two types. If you can't figure it out, check a local bakery that will let you have a taste.
I hope I have helped you get the kind of holiday cake that you and your family like.
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This Item  The Swiss Colony Christmas Fruitcake - Traditional Bakery Dessert with Whole Fruit and Nuts, Sweet and Buttery Rich Holiday Treat |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | $39.99 | $19.99 | $47.35 | $41.95 | $34.97 | $32.97 |
| Price Per Unit | $1.25 / Ounce | $1.25 / Ounce | $0.99 / Ounce | $1.31 / Ounce | $1.46 / Ounce | $2.06 / Ounce |
| Delivery | Get it May 6 - 7 | Get it as soon as Friday, May 3 | Get it as soon as Friday, May 3 | Get it as soon as Friday, May 3 | Get it May 8 - 9 | Get it May 6 - 9 |
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| Sold By | The Swiss Colony | GrandioseGoods | NG, Inc. | Assumption Abbey Bakery | Jane Parker Fruit Cakes | Jane Parker Fruit Cakes |
| flavor | Cherries, Pineapple, Pecans, Raisins, Walnuts | Classic | pineapples | fruit | Orange, Cherry, Pineapple | Fruit Cake |
| number of pieces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| weight | 2 pounds | 0.9 pounds | 3 pounds | 2 pounds | 1.5 pounds | 1 pounds |
| ingredients | — | Pineapple and Cherries (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, certified food color - for pineapple [Yellow contains Oleoresin Turmeric], for cherries [Red FD&C RED #40] - and sulfur dioxide [preservatives]), Raisins, Walnuts, Honey, Wheat Flour (enriched - vitamin C [Ascorbic Acid], niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), Pecans, Water, Whole Fresh Eggs, Margarine (liquid vegetable oil [Soybean, Canola], partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, whey (milk), lecithin (soy), mono and diglycerides, sodium benzoate [as a preservative], artificial butter flavor, beta carotene, vitamin A palmitate), Powdered Egg Yolk, Flavorings (pure almond emulsion [Water Propylene Glycol, Pure French Oil Of Bitter Almonds, Gum Tragacanth, Mono And Diglycerides], sheri-rumco flavor [Propylene Glycol, Water, Alcohol, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Ethyl Vanillin And Artificial Color]), Spices, Salt, Brandy, Benzoate of Soda added as a preservative.Allergy Alert:This product contains nuts & is made in facility that process products that contain peanuts, tree nuts. | Pineapple and Cherries (Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor, preservatives, food coloring),raisins, walnuts, honey, wheat flour, pecans, water, eggs, margarine, soybean oil, water, salt, whey, spices, and lots more. | — | Raisins, glace red cherries (cherries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzoate [preservatives], red 40, sulphur dioxide [preservative]), glace pineapple (pineapple, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate [preservatives], oleoresin turmeric [color], sulphur dioxide [preservative]), flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, palm shortening (palm oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), pecans, sugar, orange peel (orange peel, glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, citric acid), water, brown sugar, canola oil, artificial flavor, glace (water, sugar, corn syrup, pectin, citric acid, potassium sorbate [preservative], artificial flavor, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, sodium metabisulfate [preservative], paprika, [color], salt, sodium propionate [preservative], preservative enzyme (maltodextrin, mineral oil, enzyme, potato starch). Contains: eggs, pecans, wheat. Manufactured on shared equipment with milk, tree nuts, and soy. Contains sulfites. | — |
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Total waste of money
The cake arrived in a cake tin but inside the actual cake was much smaller, so the red Christmas cake tin was merely deceptive packaging. But the most serious complaint is that the cake itself is horrible: it is gooey, does not slice neatly and stick to the knife. The taste is not "right" for a fruit cake, and every time I eat it, I get an "MSG" headache. Although I do not see MSG in the list of ingredients, I know that it has a preservative similar to MSG which also makes some people sick, including me. The added preservative "mono and diglycerides" is a substitute for MSG but often affects people the same way as MSG.The conclusion is I hope other people will not order this cake and get ripped off like I did.
