Jamaican Christmas Cake

Jamaican Christmas Cake

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Also known as black cake, Jamaica's festive fruitcake is rich, boozy with local rum and Red Label Wine, and loaded with nuts and dried fruit.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Jamaican overproof white rum
  • 1 cup crème de cassis
  • 1 cup Red Label Wine (or substitute ruby port)
  • 1 cup brandy
  • 1 cup dry sherry
  • 1 cup dried currants
  • 1 cup prunes, finely chopped
  • 1 cup sultanas
  • ½ cup red glacé cherries, finely chopped
  • ½ cup raisins
  • ¼ cup mixed candied citrus peel
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 2 tsp. allspice
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ tsp. ground mace (optional)
  • ½ tsp. grated nutmeg
  • ⅛ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 cup unseasoned bread crumbs
  • ½ cup unsalted roasted peanuts, pulverized in a food processor
  • ¼ tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup molasses
  • ⅓ cup Jamaican overproof white rum, such as J. Wray and Nephew
  • ⅓ cup Guinness Stout
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • ½ tsp. rosewater
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. finely grated lime zest

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