Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, jamaican christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders 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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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:
- Get 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
- Take 1/2 cup raisins
- Prepare 1/2 cup currants
- Take 1/2 cup dates
- Prepare 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Get 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Get 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Get 1 cup orange juice
- Get 1 grated zest from one lime
- Get 1 cup dark molasses
- Get 2 tbs browning
- Take 1 tbs lime juice
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1 tsp almond extract
- Prepare 9 eggs
- Make ready 2 cups butter
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups flour
- Prepare 2 cups brown sugar
- Make ready 3 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Get 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Get 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get Pinch salt
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. 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!
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!
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! One day ahead, in microwaveable bowl, combine raisins, currants, peel, walnuts, prunes and cherries. 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. Beat eggs thoroughly. add to the creamed butter and sugar.
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