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Jamaican Christmas Cakes |
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The Christmas season in Jamaica is the most festive time of year, filled with fun, music, special treats, and happy gatherings of friends and family. Of the various Jamaican Christmas Cakes red wine and rum fruitcake is traditional and is eaten in most homes. The fruits like Raisins, currants and |
prunes in the cake are soaked in red wine and white rum some months before Christmas.This allows enough time for it to ripen for the Christmas season.
Given below is a list of popular Jamaican Christmas Cakes along with their recipes:
Red wine and Rum Fruit Cake –These Jamaican Christmas Cakes are made from mixed fruits, raisins, rum, molasses, vanilla and wine. Cream butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat eggs thoroughly and add to the creamed butter and sugar. Add 1-cup flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in fruit, rum, wine and molasses until you get a smooth paste. Bake 350 degrees.
Rich Carrot Ginger Cake - Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour round cake pans with Baker's Joy. Mix together flour, sugar, and spices in a large bowl. Add lightly beaten eggs and oil and grated carrots. Pour batter evenly into the two prepared cake pans. Bake in preheated oven. Allow cake to cool, then remove from pan and frost with cream cheese frosting.
Jamaican Rum Cake – Made from Jamaican Rum, butter and cocoa this is a delectable Christmas cake. Sample the rum for quality. Check it again to make sure it's ok. With electric mixer, beat butter and soda in a large fluffy bowl. Add 2 large eggs, 2 cups fruit juice and beat `till high. Next add salt, cocoa and lemon juice and sample rum again. Fold in chopped butter and strained nuts. Pour the mix in the pan and heat oven.
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