الجمعة، 3 أغسطس 2018

Deliciously Sweet Jamaican Rum Cake

By Frank Wallace


There are so many recipes for this delicious and moist cake, but you probably won't be disappointed with none of them. It really depends on your own taste, but this appealing combination of rum, wine and dried fruits is something really special. What's even better, you can safely keep it in your fridge for weeks, although it probably won't be many leftovers to keep.

There are many variations of this traditional recipe. But, you may start with this traditional Jamaican rum cake recipe first. For this one, prepare ten eggs, 450 grams butter, and the same quantity of flour and dry fruits, chopped. You may any combination of different dry fruits. You also need half lb sugar, baking powder, spices, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, molasses, lime, red wine and white rum.

The first step is to put all your chopped dry fruits in a large bowl and soak it in rum and wine with spices. In another bowl, cream the butter with half of your sugar, using the rest of it for mixing together with eggs. Combine these mixtures and add soaked fruits and all other ingredients. Make sure to add the flour gradually. The mixture should be soft, but hard enough to support the spoon.

Line and grease the baking pans. Bake in light oven for up to two hours, checking occasionally. You may put a small pan with water on the bottom of the oven, to keep the moisture in. Cold cake can be kept in the fridge for several weeks, in closed container. Use the spiced wine leftovers to keep it moist, or simply pour some red wine over the cake.

The amount of spices used depends on your personal taste. Brown sugar instead of white will make the cake darker, and molasses does the same thing, as well as the red wine. You may change the recipe to suit your taste, adding more fruits or spices, or introducing new ingredients, such as almond flour, for example.

Some other recipes don't include wine at all. For example, this one. This cake won't be dark, but it will still be rich and moist. So, prepare six eggs, 200 grams butter, chopped dry fruits and flour, and 150 grams sugar. Prepare also different spices such as cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, the juice and zest of one lime, baking powder and one cup white rum. For the syrup, prepare one cup butter, one cup white rum, one cup water and sugar and spices.

First, you need to cream the butter with sugar. Add the eggs and continue mixing. Add other ingredients and bake in lower temperature for about one hour, or until the stick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and prepare the syrup, simply combining and cooking all the ingredients for several minutes. Pour over your cake and that's it.

As you can see, this really isn't complicated. When you prepare the first one, you will know what to add or change to make it even better. Use your imagination and include new, interesting ingredients, such as chili powder, ginger or red pepper. Dark chocolate flakes or cocoa powder also taste great in this combination.




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