Black Cake Recipe
This fruitcake-like dessert is finished with lots of dark rum. This black cake recipe for the Caribbean version of a fruitcake is perfect for Christmas.
Keywords
- cake
- rum
- raisin
- prune
- cherry
- brandy
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Cooking tools:
- Cake pan
- Oven
- Mixing bowl
- Parchment paper
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoon
- Wooden spoon
- Microplane
- Cooling rack
- Whisk
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 2 cups (500g) pitted prunes
- 3½ cups (500g) currants
- 1¼ cup (250g) dried pitted cherries
- 1 cup (150g) raisins
- 1 cup and 2 Tbsp. (100g) candied citrus peel
- 2 cups (500ml) brandy
- 2 cups (500ml) good-quality dark rum, plus extra to brush
- 1 Tbsp. Angostura bitters
- 2¼ cups (500g) demerara sugar
- ⅓ cup plus 2 Tbsp. (100ml) freshly boiled water
- 3½ cups (400g) self-rising flour
- 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp. (100g) ground almonds
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2½ tsp. mixed spice
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 4 sticks plus 3 Tbsp. (500g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2⅔ cups (500g) caster sugar
- 8 free-range eggs
- 2 tsp. good-quality vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. almond essence
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