Caribbean Black Cake - California Prunes | Prunes. For life.

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. California Prunes
• 1 lb. maraschino cherries
• 2 cups + ¼ cup cherry brandy
• 4 cups + ¼ cup dark rum
• 2 ½ cups + 2 cups brown sugar
• ½ cup boiling water
• 4 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 10 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 limes, zested
• 3 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 1 tsp. Angostura bitters
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon