Jamaican Christmas Cake

Name: Jamaican Christmas Cake
Total time: 9000 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum; 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine; 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 cup currants; 1/2 cup dates; 1/2 cup dried prunes; 1/2 cup maraschino cherries; 1/2 cup chopped almonds; 1 cup orange juice; 1 grated zest from one lime; 1 cup dark molasses; 2 tbs browning; 1 tbs lime juice; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp almond extract; 9 eggs; 2 cups butter; 2 1/2 cups flour; 2 cups brown sugar; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground all spice; 1/2 tsp ground clove; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; Pinch salt

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There's no Christmas in Jamaica without this tasty rum fruit cake.

Kadisweet @kadisweet2021

There's no Christmas in Jamaica without this tasty rum fruit cake.

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Ingredients

2hrs 30min

1 1/4 cupJamaican white over proof rum
1 1/4 cupport wine or red label wine
1/2 cupraisins
1/2 cupcurrants
1/2 cupdates
1/2 cupdried prunes
1/2 cupmaraschino cherries
1/2 cupchopped almonds
1 cuporange juice
1grated zest from one lime
1 cupdark molasses
2 tbsbrowning
1 tbslime juice
1 tspvanilla extract
1 tspalmond extract
9eggs
2 cupsbutter
2 1/2 cupsflour
2 cupsbrown sugar
3 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspground nutmeg
1/2 tspground all spice
1/2 tspground clove
1/2 tspground cinnamon
Pinchsalt

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Steps

2hrs 30min

1

Preheat oven to 350 degree then grease and flour 2 round baking pans or which size pan u choose.
2

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 😀)
3

In a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Then add eggs mix well
4

Add molasses, browning, blended fruit mixture, lime juice, vanilla, almond extract and stir
5

Add flour, nutmeg, cloves, all spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, lime zest and stir. Do not over mix
6

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!