Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, jamaican christmas cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Jamaican cake is a deliciously spiced, warming bake that is perfect for the colder months. Try this instead of your normal Christmas cake and you'll never look back. But remember, the key is steeping.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have jamaican christmas cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
- Get 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
- Prepare 1/2 cup raisins
- Take 1/2 cup currants
- Make ready 1/2 cup dates
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Prepare 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Take 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Get 1 cup orange juice
- Make ready 1 grated zest from one lime
- Prepare 1 cup dark molasses
- Make ready 2 tbs browning
- Make ready 1 tbs lime juice
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 tsp almond extract
- Prepare 9 eggs
- Prepare 2 cups butter
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 2 cups brown sugar
- Get 3 tsp baking powder
- Take 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare Pinch salt
Jamaican Black Cake Christmas Fruit Cake Taste the Islands A dark, rich fruit cake for wine and fruit lovers! This is a recipe I use at Christmas and for Birthdays. I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label Wine and White Rum. But you may use your Favorites.
Steps to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degree then grease and flour 2 round baking pans or which size pan u choose.
- In a blender add rum, wine, dates, raisins,cherries with their liquid, prunes, currants, chopped almond, orange juice and blend until all the fruits are chopped. Let sit for 1hr (2days is way better 😀)
- In a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Then add eggs mix well
- Add molasses, browning, blended fruit mixture, lime juice, vanilla, almond extract and stir
- Add flour, nutmeg, cloves, all spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, lime zest and stir. Do not over mix
- Pour the batter into your baking pans and bake for 1hr. You can put some cherries in the center of the batter if you wish. Stick a toothpick in the middle to ensure it's done. Tooth pick will come out clean if it's done. Enjoy!
If the cake dries out, just pour more rum over the top. Preparation/cooking time does not include standing time or the alternative method of. Jamaican Fruit Cake, also known as, Jamaican Christmas Cake, Wedding cake, Jamaican Black Cake. It is the cake of choice for weddings, parties or any formal occasion in Jamaica. Tis' the season to be jolly, Yah Mon!
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