Jamaican Black Rum Cake

This is a traditional jamaican rum cake recipe.

Jamaican black rum cake.

Pansie also makes wedding cakes and has travelled to ny on several occasions to fulfill wedding and other festive engagements. Bake the cakes in a water bath by filling a large roasting pan halfway up with water and then setting the cake pans inside. This beloved rum soaked fruit cake is highly revered and sought after during christmas time as well as weddings and celebrations. It takes a little effort but the outcome is absolutely delicious.

Sweet t s black cake recipe includes a variety of sweet flavorful fruit such as. This is a recipe i use at christmas and for birthdays. No one fruit cake is equal and the texture may differ depending on whose making it. Pansie has been creating cakes for the past 20 years her specialty being the jamaican black fruit cake but other customers favorites include black cake red velvet cake american rum cake and white wine cakes.

Adapted from the naparima girls high school cookbook. Officially the most alcoholic cake that i have ever baked. Famous for its uniquely dense texture dark color rich and robust taste. Which is very important in creating our expertly made black cake chef sweet t makes her own candied mix peel for her soaked fruits.

To store the cake for a few weeks keep moist by pouring red label wine on the top and wrapping tightly in aluminium foil. 4 hours plus 2 days marinading 1 pound prunes 1 pound dark raisins 1 2 pound golden raisins 1 pound currants 1 1 2 pounds dried cherries or 1 pound dried cherries plus 1 2 pound glacé cherries. I prefer to use jamaican red label wine and white rum. The jamaican black cake also called jamaican fruit cake is the traditional christmas cake of jamaica made from rum wine soaked fruits wine and love.

Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. A dark rich fruit cake for wine and fruit lovers. It takes a little effort but the outcome is absolutely delicious. This is the cake that takes the cake.

Sprinkle the remaining port and rum on top. 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. Containing 2 bottles of dark rum and a half bottle of brandy the fumes emanating from the cake are enough to make you slightly squiffy never mind devouring a. Many know it as jamaican christmas cake or jamaican fruit cake or black cake.

The only word that comes to my mind when i think jamaican rum cake is christmas. I mean they are so much better than. Simple jamaican rum punch recipe.