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For Tecumseh family, 141-year-old fruitcake represents love
Tecumseh — If fruitcakes improve with age, a Tecumseh family may have the finest in the land. It’s certainly one of the oldest — 141 years.
What would possess the seemingly normal Ford clan to hold on to a fossilized dessert for five generations?
In a word, love.
The cake was originally preserved to honor its maker, Fidelia Ford.
Now it’s being kept in tribute to Ford’s great-grandson, Morgan, who was its biggest champion until his passing in 2013...
Tecumseh — If fruitcakes improve with age, a Tecumseh family may have the finest in the land. It’s certainly one of the oldest — 141 years.
What would possess the seemingly normal Ford clan to hold on to a fossilized dessert for five generations?
In a word, love.
The cake was originally preserved to honor its maker, Fidelia Ford.
Now it’s being kept in tribute to Ford’s great-grandson, Morgan, who was its biggest champion until his passing in 2013...
