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Van de Kamp's Holiday Fruit Cake

Re: Van de Kamp's Holiday Fruit Cake From: Wendy Date: 11/6/2021, 1:37 PM To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com On 11/6/2021 1:06 PM, Wendy wrote: Every year, as the winter holidays approach, my mother gets nostalgic about her years working at the Van de Kamp's Bakery in Seattle.  She was working there in the mid 1960's.  She says that every year, near the holidays, the bakery would do a special run of Fruit Cake.  These cakes would only be given as gifts to the sales staff and the office staff was allowed to purchase them for $5 a piece.  They weren't sold to the public; they were a special thank you to the employees.  They were a light-colored cake without citron but had nuts and candied fruit.  She can't remember if there was rum in it or not. They were loaves. She didn't like fruit cake but loved these cakes.  She would buy several and bring them to her relatives and would get in trouble if she missed someone.  I haven't been able to find the recipe online, but it would be amazing to find it so that I could make it for her for Christmas. Thanks! Wendy

Hi Wendy,

I have a special Van de Kamp's page that contains everything that I know or have been able to find about the bakery and its recipes. You can read it here: Van de Kamp's

That page has links to Facebook pages and websites that have access to the original Van de Kamp's recipes. Those have become the "go-to" sites for Van de Kamp's recipe. Try them for your cake recipe.

Phaed