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