Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way 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, 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. It is also frequently used as a wedding cake.

Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jamaican christmas cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:

1. Prepare 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
2. Get 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
3. Make ready 1/2 cup raisins
4. Take 1/2 cup currants
5. Make ready 1/2 cup dates
6. Make ready 1/2 cup dried prunes
7. Get 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
8. Take 1/2 cup chopped almonds
9. Take 1 cup orange juice
10. Get 1 grated zest from one lime
11. Take 1 cup dark molasses
12. Make ready 2 tbs browning
13. Prepare 1 tbs lime juice
14. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
15. Prepare 1 tsp almond extract
16. Prepare 9 eggs
17. Prepare 2 cups butter
18. Make ready 2 1/2 cups flour
19. Take 2 cups brown sugar
20. Get 3 tsp baking powder
21. Take 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
22. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground all spice
23. Take 1/2 tsp ground clove
24. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
25. Get Pinch salt

The dried fruit ingredients are put to soak for weeks and even months in advance of baking in December. And actually, speaking of baking, the ingredients were actually steamed instead of baked! Pour over the port and rum or brandy and cover with cling film. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.

Instructions to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degree then grease and flour 2 round baking pans or which size pan u choose.
2. 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 😀)
3. In a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Then add eggs mix well
4. Add molasses, browning, blended fruit mixture, lime juice, vanilla, almond extract and stir
5. Add flour, nutmeg, cloves, all spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, lime zest and stir. Do not over mix
6. 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!

Pour over the port and rum or brandy and cover with cling film. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy, then gradually beat in the eggs until smooth, adding a little flour if the mixture curdles. One day ahead, in microwaveable bowl, combine raisins, currants, peel, walnuts, prunes and cherries. Beat eggs thoroughly. add to the creamed butter and sugar.

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