16 thoughts on “Cash-Strapped Monks Selling Fruitcakes

  1. In fact, the U.S. military wanted to partner with Assumption Abbey to produce 1 million fruitcakes per year to distribute during the holidays.
    Eisenhower warned us about this .

  2. My dad is a big fruitcake fan. My mom used to make them with all of the candied fruit weeks in advance and then soak them in brandy to age. Maybe my dad is really just a brandy fan.

  3. "After a lot of inner reflection, we decided [to get out of the concrete block business and start making] fruitcake. We only had to change the recipe a little," quips Harrison.

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