Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, jamaican christmas cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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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 can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
- Get 1/2 cup raisins
- Take 1/2 cup currants
- Get 1/2 cup dates
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Take 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Take 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Take 1 cup orange juice
- Get 1 grated zest from one lime
- Get 1 cup dark molasses
- Get 2 tbs browning
- Get 1 tbs lime juice
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 tsp almond extract
- Make ready 9 eggs
- Get 2 cups butter
- Take 2 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 2 cups brown sugar
- Take 3 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Get 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Get 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Get 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get Pinch salt
The preparation is certainly not as difficult as you might have initially This fruit cake is a delicacy at Christmas time in Jamaica. 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.
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!
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. 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. The Traditional Jamaican Black Cake is preferred and baked by most Jamaicans during the Christmas season.
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