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Jamaican Fruit Cake

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Ingredients

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 1 hr 30 mins | Total: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings: 12 | Yield: 2 - 9 inch round cake pans

  • 2 cups butter
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 9 large eggs
  • ¼ cup white rum
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon almond extract
  • 1 grated zest of one lime
  • 2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit
  • 2 cups red wine
  • 1 cup dark molasses
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs, then add rum, lime juice, vanilla extract, almond extract, and lime zest.
  • Stir in mixed fruit, wine, and molasses.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Fold into batter, being careful not to over-mix.
  • Pour into prepared pans.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 80 to 90 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
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Course; Cake / Fruit
Cuisine; Jamaica