Fruit Cakes Made By Monks In Virginia

Made with raisins pineapple currants orange lemon peel walnuts and wine.

Fruit cakes made by monks in virginia. Our fruitcake is a moist southern style cake packed with generous portions of pecans peaches pineapple raisins dates and cherries. Each cake weighs 2 lbs 4 oz and is generously sized to feed family and friends. Natural cemetery is maintained and managed by the cistercian monks of holy cross abbey where for over sixty years monks have lived on land made. Fruitcake creamed honey truffles.

These beautiful and delicious cakes are packaged in a reusable decorative tin. Everything from marinating the fruit to mixing to baking to packaging to aging to mailing is done right at the monastery by the monks. For those of you who love fruitcake the assumption abbey fruitcake is the darkest richest fruitcake out there. We would appreciate a visit the monastery in person and you can get your fruitcake at the best price directly from the gift shop.

These dense moist and spicy cakes have a truly delicious and distinctive flavor because they re handmade with only the finest freshest ingredients. And seasoned with fine kentucky bourbon. Assumption abbey fruitcakes are the dark rich traditional style of fruitcake. The recipe was created by brother finton who worked in a bakery before he became a monk.

The wall street journal rated gethsemani farms fruitcake as the best overall in quality and value. For 1500 years monks have prayed the liturgy of the hours. Assumption abbey is not a commercial enterprise. The moist holiday cakes are made with raisins cherries pineapple pecans walnuts citron and orange.

Perfect fruitcake to bring to a dinner party or simply to treat whoever you know loves fruitcake. Laced with rum spicy moist fruitcake is a holiday favorite. This is the genuine fruitcake made by the monks at holy cross abbey in berryville virginia and they think this will be the best fruitcake you have ever tasted even as good as the one grandmother used to make. Assumption abbey fruitcakes are the dark rich traditional style of fruitcake.

Brother patrick ages his cakes with peach brandy and sherry to give them their rich unforgettable flavor and guides monks in the creation of these delicious treats during work periods. They are baked slowly and aged under the careful supervision of the monks. Each cake weighs 2 lbs 4 oz and is generously sized to feed family and friends. Made expertly by artisans of gourmet delicacy fruitcake the trappist monk bakers of the assumption abbey.