Queen Victoria and Prince Albert HRH at the Women's Institute Centenary Fruitcake fit for a queen! Sounds like a good marketing line, but there are many claims which suggest that the fruitcake, has been and remains a royal favourite! " Fruitcake gets a bad rap because so much of what's sold is really not good, " says Bob McNutt, vice president of the Collins Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, which has been making pecan fruitcakes for 95 years. " It's like cars. You can buy one off the used-car lot for $100 or pay $300,000 for one." McNutt, who sells cakes to the Aga Khan and Princess Caroline of Monaco, was recently happy to learn that Queen Elizabeth II always travels with a fruitcake, which she eats with her afternoon tea." www.collinstreet.com How did it all start? As far back as 1674, the Guildford (UK) Show records indicate that a large plum cake was presented to the Duke of York who later was crowned James II. ...
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