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Bien Fait Cranberry Almond Teacake
Best contemporary fruitcake
- No alcohol
- Buttery, sweet-tart flavor
- Does not look or taste like a traditional fruitcake
Reviews say the Bien Fait Cranberry Almond Teacake is a delicious, modern take on fruitcake, with a buttery almond flavor and a hint of tartness from the cranberries and currants. It also has a slight orange flavor. Marian Burros, a veteran food writer for The New York Times, includes this cake in her annual column recommending mail-order holiday foods. Other Bien Fait confections are reviewed at CrankyCakes.com, where blogger Cheryl Herrick reports on her visit to the bakery and her experience tasting samples. Reviews of Bien Fait products are also found on WineSpectator.com.
If you're looking for a more traditional fruitcake, reviewers recommend the Gethsemani Farms 2-1/2 lb. Kentucky Bourbon Fruitcake (*Est. $40, including shipping), which gets praise for its aroma, taste and texture. If you prefer a Southern-style fruitcake, which has no alcohol, Mary of Puddin Hill's Pecan Fruit Cake (*Est. $30 plus shipping) gets high marks for its toffee-like taste and pecan-loaded texture.
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Bien Fait Specialty Cakes, a Greensboro, Vt.-based bakery, is recommended in Marian Burros' list of best mail-order gifts. She culls the choices from her mail-order gift guides published in The New York Times over the previous 19 years. Burros applauds the Cranberry Almond Tea Cake for its buttery almond flavor and hint of tartness.
Review: A Delivery of Holiday Bests, Marian Burros, Nov. 7, 2001
Fruitcakes by Bien Fait, a Greensboro, Vermont bakery, make food writer Marian Burros's list of best holiday food gifts. Burros likes these "old-fashioned cakes with a new-fashioned lightness," and recommends the Cranberry Almond Teacake among several others for its overall flavor and taste.
Review: Holiday Gifts, Par Avion, Marian Burros, Nov. 1, 2000
3. Wine Spectator
Fruitcakes by Bien Fait, a Greensboro, Vermont bakery, make food writer Marian Burros's list of best holiday food gifts. Burros likes these "old-fashioned cakes with a new-fashioned lightness," and recommends the Cranberry Almond Teacake among several others for its overall flavor and taste.
Review: Serious Fruitcakes, Sam Gugino, Dec. 31, 2001
