Guide to Prepare Jamaican Christmas Cake in 12 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, jamaican christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Jamaican cake is a deliciously spiced, warming bake that is perfect for the colder months. Try this instead of your normal Christmas cake and you'll never look back. But remember, the key is steeping.

Jamaican Christmas Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Jamaican Christmas Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Christmas Cake:

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

Jamaican Christmas cake basically uses the same method; the only difference is, it is steamed instead of baked. The pudding has a more moist texture than the cake. You feel it in the air - the weather changes (it gets nicer), the blossoms and even the fresher, gentler breeze, Christmas is. Of the various Jamaican Christmas Cakes red wine and rum fruitcake is traditional and is eaten in most homes.

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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