Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, jamaican christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first 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:
- Take 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
- Take 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
- Take 1/2 cup raisins
- Get 1/2 cup currants
- Take 1/2 cup dates
- Prepare 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Make ready 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Get 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Get 1 cup orange juice
- Get 1 grated zest from one lime
- Prepare 1 cup dark molasses
- Get 2 tbs browning
- Make ready 1 tbs lime juice
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1 tsp almond extract
- Prepare 9 eggs
- Take 2 cups butter
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups flour
- Take 2 cups brown sugar
- Take 3 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Take 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get Pinch salt
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. Jamaican Fruit Cake Recipe aka 'Jamaican Chrismus Cake'.
Instructions 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!
The preparation is certainly not as difficult as you might have initially This fruit cake is a delicacy at Christmas time in Jamaica. Jamaican Christmas cake basically uses the same method; the only difference is, it is steamed instead of baked. The pudding has a more moist texture than the cake. 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.
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