Trinidad black fruit cake

Name: Trinidad black fruit cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: For the fruits; 2 cups dried raisins; 1/4 cup cherries; 1/4 cup orange peel; 1 cup rum; 1 cup sherry brandy; 1/2 cup sugar; 4 tablespoons water; 3 eggs n 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 2 cups flour; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 cup butter; 1/2 tsp Spices of choice I used cinnamon,ginger,nutmeg I used

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I used to eat this fruit cake growing up I have searched high and low for it soo I was soo excited to get it.its process is complicated but trust me you will love it

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I used to eat this fruit cake growing up I have searched high and low for it soo I was soo excited to get it.its process is complicated but trust me you will love it

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Ingredients

For the fruits
2 cupsdried raisins
1/4 cupcherries
1/4 cuporange peel
1 cuprum
1 cupsherry brandy
For the sugar syrup
1/2 cupsugar
4 tablespoonswater
For the other ingredients
3eggs n 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 cupsflour
1 cupbrown sugar
1 cupbutter
1/2 tspSpices of choice I used cinnamon,ginger,nutmeg I used

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Steps

1

Put the rum,brandy,raisins and cherries,1 teaspoon cinnamon in a sufuria and bring to a boil let rest for 2 hours after they boil.they will soak up some liquid and become bigger
2

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.Now let's work on the syrup please be careful it can burn really bad.add the sugar to a pan let it brown n darken then add water.let it cool
3

Lightly blend the fruits in the blender for 1 minute add the orange peel
4

Cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy
5

Add one egg at a time and add the vanilla
6

Then add 1/3 of the flour and half the fruits
7

Then add 1/3 flour and the rest of the fruits fold in and the put the other flour.add the caramelized sugar and fold in
8

Put the mixture in well greased and floured with parchment tins and bake for 1 hour at 180 degrees and 120 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes
9

Serve when cooled