When Otto’s baker, Christopher, told us that he wanted to make fruitcake for the holidays, we politely paused before we began exchanging fruitcake jokes. “There is only one fruitcake in the world; it just keeps getting passed around.” After a good belly laugh, we could tell he was serious. Very serious. In fact, fruitcake is one of Christopher’s favorite things to bake.

Christopher gave us a sample and now we can see what the fuss is all about. Complex and delicious…certainly not your ordinary doorstop fruitcake.

It’s a laborious, lengthy process requiring daily nurturing and a steady plying of bourbon. Christopher will be making “small batch” fruitcakes, a first, as far as we know. We will walk you through each batch.