Gladys’ Bakery

 

Paul’s Fruitcake Corner

Welcome to Paul’s Fruitcake Corner. Here at the corner we will try fruitcake so you do not have to. Everything is bigger in Texas including the fruitcakes. Gladys’ Bakery boasts they have a 150 pound Worlds’ larges Texas-shaped fruitcake. I bought a two pound ‘old fashioned Czech pecan fruitcake loaf’. It is very festive looking with its top arrangement of glace cherries and pecans. It tastes very good with a moist, cakelike consistency. The candied fruits and pecans are generously distributed throughout.  The label boasts; No citron, citrus peel, raisins or spices added. “Hmmmm”. Hey, what’s wrong with citrus peel, raisins and spices? (Citron has a bad rap.) Against my better judgement I looked at the ingredient list to see what was added. High fructose corn syrup, corn syrup and a laundry list of chemicals were found along with cherries and pineapple.

Overall Glady’s makes a very decent cake. I enjoyed it but did not do any somersaults after reading the ingredient list.