Enjoy the spirits of Christmas everyday. Made from our Prioress' grandfather's original recipe, this exceptional fruit cake is soaked in smooth Kentucky bourbon for over four weeks, creating a rich and full bourbon flavor mixed with candied fruits, dried fruits, and pecans. Perfect for sharing with friends (or Scrooge up and keep it all to yourself).
Ingredients: Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings [contains milk]), sugar, eggs, candied cherries (cherries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, fdc red 40, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbat and sulfur dioxide), candied pineapple (pineapple, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, artificial flavor), candied mixed fruit (orange and lemon peel, green and red cherries, pineapple and citron), currants, dates, raisins, pecans, bourbon
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Purchases of Monastery Baked Goods products help support the mission and ministries of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana.
The history of Monastery Baked Goods is rooted in a love of baking among the sisters. In support of Christkindlmarkt, an annual German festival held in Ferdinand, the sisters started making and selling springerles, a traditional German cookie. Following some suggestions from friends and community members, the sisters experimented and created the recipe for almerles, almond-flavored cookies that have the appearance and texture of the springerle.
Later, the sisters decided to make cookies in honor of St. Hildegard, a twelfth-century mystic. The cookies were so popular that they also were added to the bakery’s offerings. Due to the interest generated by the cookies, Simply Divine Bakery was born. In 2015, the bakery was renamed “Monastery Baked Goods” to more closely relate the name to the Sisters of St. Benedict.