Jamaican Christmas Cake. A Jamaican Christmas celebration is not complete without traditional Jamaican Christmas Fruit cake. It has been a favored gift amongst Jamaicans during the Christmas season. Number One Christmas Fruit Cake ( Jamaican Black Fruit Cake ) RE-UPLOAD_VERSION
I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label Wine and White Rum.
But you may use your Favorites.
Jamaican cake is a deliciously spiced, warming bake that is perfect for the colder months.
You can cook Jamaican Christmas Cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Jamaican Christmas Cake
- You need 1 1/4 cup of Jamaican white over proof rum.
- It's 1 1/4 cup of port wine or red label wine.
- You need 1/2 cup of raisins.
- It's 1/2 cup of currants.
- You need 1/2 cup of dates.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of dried prunes.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of maraschino cherries.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped almonds.
- You need 1 cup of orange juice.
- Prepare 1 of grated zest from one lime.
- Prepare 1 cup of dark molasses.
- It's 2 tbs of browning.
- It's 1 tbs of lime juice.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It's 1 tsp of almond extract.
- It's 9 of eggs.
- You need 2 cups of butter.
- It's 2 1/2 cups of flour.
- Prepare 2 cups of brown sugar.
- Prepare 3 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground all spice.
- It's 1/2 tsp of ground clove.
- It's 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need Pinch of salt.
Try this instead of your normal Christmas cake and you'll never look back. But remember, the key is steeping. Jamaican Christmas cake, which is also referred to as Jamaican black cake has long been the most popular Jamaican dessert in Jamaica. Jamaican black cake is thought to be derived from the British.
Jamaican Christmas Cake instructions
- 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!.
CHRISTMAS CAKE - (WEDDING CAKE TOO) Welcome to Jamaican Food / Christmas Cake Learn how to bake Jamaican food Christmas Cake. Is the most popular Jamaican food. Jamaican Fruit Cake Recipe aka 'Jamaican Chrismus Cake'. The preparation is certainly not as difficult as you might have initially This fruit cake is a delicacy at Christmas time in Jamaica. If the cake dries out, just pour more rum over the top.