Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, jamaican christmas cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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 figgy pudding, but with an island twist. While it has traditionally been thought of as a Christmas cake, it is actually baked and eaten all year round. This is the very first one I made myself and was very pleased with it!
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook jamaican christmas cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
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
- Prepare 1/2 cup raisins
- Make ready 1/2 cup currants
- Take 1/2 cup dates
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Prepare 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Get 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Get 1 cup orange juice
- Prepare 1 grated zest from one lime
- Take 1 cup dark molasses
- Take 2 tbs browning
- Take 1 tbs lime juice
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp almond extract
- Get 9 eggs
- Get 2 cups butter
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups flour
- Take 2 cups brown sugar
- Get 3 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare Pinch salt
This dark and spongy cake is a labor of love that is rich in flavors from rum soaked fruits. It is very popular during Christmas time and is most often served with sorrel. Sieve together flour, bread crumbs, baking powder and salt and add. Add burnt sugar for color, say a tablespoon.
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 š)
- 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!
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
Sieve together flour, bread crumbs, baking powder and salt and add. Add burnt sugar for color, say a tablespoon. Taste, and if a sharper taste of liquor is required, add some brandy, wine, liqueur or rum to taste. Jamaican Christmas Cake - The History. According to Donaldson, our local Christmas Cake is actually a reworking over the centuries of the traditional English plum pudding.
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