Step-by-Step Guide to Make Speedy Jamaican Christmas Cake

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, jamaican christmas cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jamaican christmas cake using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:

1. Take 1 1/4 cup Jamaican white over proof rum
2. Take 1 1/4 cup port wine or red label wine
3. Prepare 1/2 cup raisins
4. Take 1/2 cup currants
5. Take 1/2 cup dates
6. Prepare 1/2 cup dried prunes
7. Prepare 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
8. Make ready 1/2 cup chopped almonds
9. Take 1 cup orange juice
10. Make ready 1 grated zest from one lime
11. Get 1 cup dark molasses
12. Prepare 2 tbs browning
13. Prepare 1 tbs lime juice
14. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
15. Take 1 tsp almond extract
16. Prepare 9 eggs
17. Make ready 2 cups butter
18. Take 2 1/2 cups flour
19. Get 2 cups brown sugar
20. Take 3 tsp baking powder
21. Take 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
22. Get 1/2 tsp ground all spice
23. Take 1/2 tsp ground clove
24. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
25. Make ready Pinch salt

Instructions to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:

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!

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