Missouri Monks' Fruitcakes Support Solitary Living
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Once the bane of pot-luck parties, the fruitcake has been turned into
a sought-after treat by Trappist monks secluded in the Missouri Ozarks
who some say bake cake that's nothing short of heavenly.
Between February and mid-December, monks at the
Assumption Abbey in Ava, Mo., produce about 25,000 fruitcakes. The monks
have gained a national reputation for carefully controlling the
production. They marinate the fruit, age the cakes and even package and
ship the product from their foothills monastery.
Before each two-pound cake leaves the abbey, it gets a special prayer from the monks aimed at all those who eat the cake.
At $31 apiece, the cakes allow the monks to live
out solitary lives of work and prayer on their compound southeast of
Springfield.
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