Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, jamaican christmas cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Jamaican Christmas cake, which is also referred to as Jamaican black cake has long been the most popular Jamaican dessert 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.
Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have jamaican christmas cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:
- Take 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
- Prepare 1/2 cup raisins
- Make ready 1/2 cup currants
- Prepare 1/2 cup dates
- Take 1/2 cup dried prunes
- Take 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- Get 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Prepare 1 cup orange juice
- Take 1 grated zest from one lime
- Make ready 1 cup dark molasses
- Prepare 2 tbs browning
- Make ready 1 tbs lime juice
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp almond extract
- Prepare 9 eggs
- Take 2 cups butter
- Get 2 1/2 cups flour
- Prepare 2 cups brown sugar
- Take 3 tsp baking powder
- Take 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Get 1/2 tsp ground all spice
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Take Pinch salt
You feel it in the air - the weather changes (it gets nicer), the blossoms and even the fresher, gentler breeze, Christmas is. Jamaican Christmas cake basically uses the same method; the only difference is, it is steamed instead of baked. The pudding has a more moist texture than the cake. Recipe for The Jamaican Christmas Cake.
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!
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