Christmas Cake West Indian Style Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1 c. Raisins
- 1 c. Currants
- 1/2 c. Candied cherries
- 1/2 c. Candied citrus peel
- 1 c. Mixed dry fruit
- 1 c. Rum
- 1 c. Sweet sherry or possibly port wine
- 1/2 lb Butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 c. Brown sugar
- 4 x Large eggs
- 2 c. Flour
- 1 tsp Baking pwdr
- 1 tsp Grnd ginger
- 1 tsp Grnd nutmeg
- 3 tsp Grnd cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Grnd cloves
- 1/2 tsp Grnd allspice
- 2 1/2 tsp Lemon essence
- 2 1/2 tsp Almond essence
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 1/4 c. Brown food coloring, up to 1/2 c.
- 1/2 c. Rum Additional rum for basting during storage
Directions
- Fruit Mix: Mix together all the ingredients and store in a tightly sealed jar for at least 1 month
- The Cake: Prepare a 10" deep round cake baking tin or possibly a 13" x 9" baking tin by lining it with two layers of waxed paper, greasing between the layers.
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar till they are light and fluffy. Add in the Large eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift the flour, baking pwdr and all the dry spices together. Add in the lemon essence, almond essence and vanilla essence to the fruit mix. By hand, stir tablespoonsful of the flour mix and the fruit mix alternately into the butter, sugar and egg mix. Add in the browning gradually, stirring till a deepish brown colour is reached. Turn the cake mix into the baking tin, smooth the top and bake in the oven for 3-4 hrs or possibly till a skewer or possibly wooden toothpick, inserted, comes out clean. This can take an additional hour or possibly two. Remove the cake from the oven, prick it all over with a skewer or possibly toothpick and pour the rum all over it. Remove the cake from the tin when it is cold, wrap it tightly in waxed paper, place it in an airtight container and leave for a month for best flavour. Every week, prick the cake with a skewer and pour on about 1 Tbsp. of rum. (Makes one 5 lb. cake. )
- Serve with Hard Rum Sauce.
- Full recipe name is Laurel-Ann's Wedding Cake or possibly Christmas Cake West Indian Style
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