Jamaica

Jamaican black cake

Name: Jamaican black cake
Prep time: 24 h
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 26 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 3/4 cup raisins; 2/3 cup prunes; 1/3 cup glace cherries (candied cherries); 2 tbsp candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel); 1/2 cup plus extra dark rum; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 2 egg; 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3/4 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp browning molasses (black treacle); 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/4 tsp allspice; 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); Lemon, zest of 1 lime

Rum soaked fruit cake so dark it is almost black. Caribbean Christmas, made with patience.

Contains alcohol

For adults of legal drinking age where you live. Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.

150 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

24hPlan ahead. Soak for 24 hours first; the 150 minutes come after.

Christmas, Caribbean style2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDark Caribbean fruit cake with rum soaked fruit.

The original

257kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

150minutessame

Jamaican black cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raisins¾ cup

Prunes⅔ cup

Glace cherries (candied cherries)⅓ cup

Candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel)2 tbsp

Dark rum½ cup, plus extra

Butter½ cup

Brown sugar½ cup

Egg2

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Baking powder¾ tsp

Molasses (black treacle)2 tbsp browning

Cinnamon powder1 tsp

Nutmeg¼ tsp

Allspice¼ tsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Lemonzest of 1 lime

Method

5 steps

1Blend soaked fruit with rum to a coarse paste.
2Cream butter and sugar, then beat in eggs.
3Fold in flour, spices, baking powder, browning and the fruit.
4Bake at 150°C for 1 1/2 hours.
5Brush with more rum while warm.

Serve it like this

Slice thin and serve on Christmas plates with sorrel or ginger beer.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Jamaica

Jamaican black cake

Rum soaked fruit cake so dark it is almost black. Caribbean Christmas, made with patience.

Contains alcohol

For adults of legal drinking age where you live. Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.

150 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

24hPlan ahead. Soak for 24 hours first; the 150 minutes come after.

Christmas, Caribbean style2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDark Caribbean fruit cake with rum soaked fruit.

The original

257kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

150minutessame

Jamaican black cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raisins¾ cup

Prunes⅔ cup

Glace cherries (candied cherries)⅓ cup

Candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel)2 tbsp

Dark rum½ cup, plus extra

Butter½ cup

Brown sugar½ cup

Egg2

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Baking powder¾ tsp

Molasses (black treacle)2 tbsp browning

Cinnamon powder1 tsp

Nutmeg¼ tsp

Allspice¼ tsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Lemonzest of 1 lime

Method

5 steps

1Blend soaked fruit with rum to a coarse paste.
2Cream butter and sugar, then beat in eggs.
3Fold in flour, spices, baking powder, browning and the fruit.
4Bake at 150°C for 1 1/2 hours.
5Brush with more rum while warm.

Serve it like this

Slice thin and serve on Christmas plates with sorrel or ginger beer.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Jamaican black cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Jamaican black cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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