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.
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The traditional jamaican black cake is preferred and baked by most jamaicans during the christmas season.
A jamaican christmas celebration is not complete without traditional jamaican christmas fruit cake.
Which is very important in creating our expertly made black cake chef sweet t makes her own candied mix peel for her soaked fruits.
Coat two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans with butter.
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.
This recipe is for two 9 inch cakes.
Additional wine or rum can also be brushed onto the cake as needed to keep it moist.
Sweet t s black cake recipe includes a variety of sweet flavorful fruit such as.
It has been a favored gift amongst jamaicans during the christmas season.
Here s my grandma s and now my mother s jamaican fruit cake.
Cover tightly and store in a dark cool dry place for 1 week.
Slightly different than the christmas fruit cake you find in europe or the united states this cake is potent and rich.
This dark and spongy cake is a labor of love that is rich in flavors from rum soaked fruits.
As with cooking every jamaican has a slightly different recipe which still turns out great.
This fruit cake is a delicacy at christmas time in jamaica.
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.
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.
No christmas in jamaica is the same without fruit cake and sorrel.
It is very popular during christmas time and is most often served with sorrel.
Jamaican rum cake recipe.
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.
1 combine all ingredients in a 3 quart container with a tightfitting lid and mix well.
Fruit cake is a served in jamaica at christmas celebrations and weddings.
It takes a little effort but the outcome is delicious and gratifying.
1 heat the oven to 300 f and arrange a rack in the middle.
