Day 2 - 100 year old Fruit Cake

Hurricane, Utah was our next stop on our big adventures. Why go to Hurricane?? Because that is where they have a 100 year old fruit cake! How cool is that???!!!

Yes, we went to the Hurricane Museum and talked with a lovely lady who told us all about the history of Hurricane and showed us the famous patina covered fruit cake. (Patina = "A thin greenish layer that forms on copper or copper alloys, such as bronze, as a result of long exposure to the elements and often valued aesthetically for its color." Apparently, patina can also be found growing on fruit cake! Ask Lynn to say the word "patina," it brings a smile to my face, every time."

"Two top layer cake baked in 1907: Yes, this was once a four layered cake made by Mrs. Dave (Maria) Ballard of Grafton, Utah for Ella Wood and Jow Scow. It is a fruitcake, originally with fresh pink blossoms of "dew plant." It also used to have little pink candies on it. Ella and Joe's children, Clinton, Itha and Milden took care to make these candies gradually disappeared. This unusual item has been a much treasured heirloom." [Taken from the card describing the fruit cake. Edited for content. They forgot to proofread it..]

Apparently, at the Hurricane Museum, they specialize in old food, because they also had 50 year old bacon! Found in someone's attic ...it doesn't really look like bacon. But they swear to it.



Another plaque that gave us a some history of the area was "Mollies Nipple" I'm not kidding here. "It's a Butte." Literally. I really am not making this sign up! They actually printed it as seen here...

The hard part was finding the actual butte in real life. We couldn't find it until after we sat in the back of the museum to recover from the excitement of the old fruit cake and decrepit bacon. But alas, I spotted the "nipple" just due south...