Black Cake - Boys of Cooking

Ingredients

• ½ pound prunes
• ½ pound black raisins
• ½ pound currants
• ¾ pound tart dried cherries (Montmorency preferred)
• ¼ pound dried bing cherries
• 2 TBL dried citrus peel
• 1 cup dark rum
• ¾ cup Manischewitz Concord grape wine (or cherry brandy)
• ⅔ cup blanched almonds
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1¼ cups dark brown sugar (½ pound)
• 5 large eggs, one at a time
• zest of one lime
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp Angostura bitters
• 3 TBL browning (see note below)
• 2 TBL dark rum