This Jamaican fruitcake recipe is a dark rich cake for wine and fruit lovers I use this fruitcake recipe for Christmas and birthdays I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label wine and white rum but you can use your favorites
Prep Time
1 hr 50 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
16
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
Place butter and sugar into a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
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Beat in eggs; add rum
lime juice
almond extract
vanilla
and lime zest.
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Stir in dried fruit
wine and molasses.
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Sift flour
baking powder
nutmeg
allspice
cinnamon
and salt together in a large bowl; gently fold into fruit mixture. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
80 to 90 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes
then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
Recipe Tips
Use a combination of raisins
currants
golden raisins
prunes
dried cherries
or any dried fruit you prefer.For even better results
soak dried fruit in wine for at least 3 weeks or boil the fruit in the wine.Additional wine or rum can be brushed onto the cake as needed to keep it moist.
