Jamaican black cake

This rich and moist Jamaican Black Cake will be the centerpiece dessert that's perfect for any holiday or celebration. Black Cake, also known as rum cake, Christmas cake, and wedding cake, depending on when it's served, is a staple dessert in all of the Caribbean.

If you know anything at all about West-Indian Caribbean culture you already know that Jamaican Black Cake is a must have at Christmas time. If you didn’t know before now, a Caribbean Christmas dinner invite will almost certainly net you a slice of the most alcoholic cake you will ever eat. A cousin of the British […]

This post explores the intricacies of the Jamaican fruit cake/ black cake/ Christmas cake. I also outline a recipe that can be used to recreate this delightful dessert. It is quite popular especially at this time of the year and at major celebrations. #fruitcake #blackcake #Christmascake #rumcake #redlabelwine #jamaicandessert #rumandwinecake #jamaicanfruitcake #fruitcakerecipe #jamaicanblackcake #jamaicanrumcake #Christmascakerecipe

Learn how to whip up a quick, easy and delicious royal icing for Jamaican black cake! Decorate and elevate your rum cake this holiday season.

The Traditional Jamaican Black Cake is preferred and baked by most Jamaicans during the Christmas season. As with cooking, every Jamaican has a slightly different recipe which still turns out great. This recipe is for two 9 inch cakes. It takes a little effort, but the outcome is delicious and gratifying. For the best mouthwatering Jamaican Black Fruit Cake, fruits should be soaked in Red Label Wine for 1 week at minimum or to up to a year. When soaked that long, the dried fruits are allowed…

Jamaican Black Cake, also known as Christmas Cake, is a rich and decadent dessert, deeply ingrained in Jamaican tradition. This heartwarming cake is packed with dried fruits and warm spices, all soaked in dark rum and red wine. It's a perfect dessert for the holiday season, but trust us, you'll want to have it all year round!

Vegan Black Cake is a dairy-free version of Jamaican black cake. Eggless black cake is just as moist, fruity and boozy as the original.

This easy guide on How to Soak Fruit for Christmas Cake is a simple recipe that shows how to prepare the rum soaked fruit in alcohol for Jamaican black rum cake or fruit cake. It combines dried fruit such as prunes, raisins, cranberries, cherries and mixed peel with J. Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum and Red Label Wine.

Jamaican Black Rum Fruit Cake Recipe - Jamaican Foods and Recipes - Authentic Jamaican Recipes and Foods

Marva Adams-Miller has been perfecting her Caribbean black cake recipe for three decades and sells the cakes from her home in Brooklyn, N.Y. She adapts them based on customer preferences. Some years she has used Baileys Irish Cream or other liqueurs, but this version with rum is most common throughout the Caribbean islands. The cake is an evolution of the Christmas fruitcakes that English colonizers and Irish indentured servants brought to the Caribbean in the 17th century. The recipe was…