This beloved rum soaked fruit cake is highly revered and sought after during christmas time as well as weddings and celebrations.
Caribbean fruit cake rum.
Fruit cake is a served in jamaica at christmas celebrations and weddings.
This recipe is for two 9 inch cakes.
It has been a favored gift amongst jamaicans during the christmas season.
Christmas cake black cake wedding cake or great cake are all names used to describe this famous caribbean dessert that is made with aged rum soaked fruits this is a cake made to mark the celebration of christmas weddings christenings baptisms and significant anniversaries and in more elaborate versions it takes days to assemble as the cake is brushed with rum and wine syrup on various.
Sweet t s black cake recipe includes a variety of sweet flavorful fruit such as.
In the jamaican tradition you make many cakes at once because it is polite to offer cake to house guests during the holiday season.
Slightly different than the christmas fruit cake you find in europe or the united states this cake is potent and rich.
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1 heat the oven to 300 f and arrange a rack in the middle.
It takes a little effort but the outcome is delicious and gratifying.
This fruit cake is a delicacy at christmas time in jamaica.
Although i had the fruit blended instead of having them in as they were just soaked and i have also added 1 2 bottle of red label wine 1 2 bottle of grace browning and even 1 2 cup more of white rum to my cake.
Here s my grandma s and now my mother s jamaican fruit cake.
This dark and spongy cake is a labor of love that is rich in flavors from rum soaked fruits.
Coat two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans with butter.
This is the cake that takes the cake.
Plums raisins citron or mixed peel and cherries soaked in jamaican rum and sweet red wine the fruits are soaked for at least 8 months for maximum taste and consistency.
Cover tightly and store in a dark cool dry place for 1 week.
No christmas in jamaica is the same without fruit cake and sorrel.
The traditional jamaican black cake is preferred and baked by most jamaicans during the christmas season.
1 combine all ingredients in a 3 quart container with a tightfitting lid and mix well.
Jamaican rum cake recipe.
Black cake caribbean rum soaked fruit cake famous for its uniquely dense texture dark color rich and robust taste.
1 lb raisins ground or chopped 1 lb prunes ground or chopped 1 lb currants ground or chopped 1 tsp grated or ground nutmeg red label wine or other red cooking wine wray and nephew overproof rum or other white rum.
For the best mouthwatering jamaican black fruit cake fruits should be soaked in red.
Additional wine or rum can also be brushed onto the cake as needed to keep it moist.
Which is very important in creating our expertly made black cake chef sweet t makes her own candied mix peel for her soaked fruits.
