Recipe courtesy of Venetta Williams
Recipe courtesy of Venetta Williams
Watch how to make this recipe.
Jamaican Black Cake
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- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 5 hr 30 min
- Active: 45 min
- Yield: 2 cakes
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 14 servings
- Calories
- 566
- Total Fat
- 23 g
- Saturated Fat
- 13 g
- Carbohydrates
- 75 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 50 g
- Protein
- 6 g
- Cholesterol
- 109 mg
- Sodium
- 71 mg
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 5 hr 30 min
- Active: 45 min
- Yield: 2 cakes
-
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 14 servings
- Calories
- 566
- Total Fat
- 23 g
- Saturated Fat
- 13 g
- Carbohydrates
- 75 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 50 g
- Protein
- 6 g
- Cholesterol
- 109 mg
- Sodium
- 71 mg
Ingredients
Directions
- Add the dates, figs, 1 cup of the port, 1 cup of the rum, the almonds, brandied cherries with their liquid, currants, candied orange peel, prunes and dark and golden raisins to a food processor. Process this mixture until the dried fruit is broken down into smaller chunks. Stir in the orange juice. Allow it to soak in the rum for at least 2 hours 30 minutes, but preferably for 2 to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 cake pans and line them with brown or wax paper.
- In a stand mixer, combine the butter, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, molasses, browning and eggs. Slowly add the rum-soaked fruit to the mixer a little at a time and mix to combine all of the ingredients.
- Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake pans. Bake the cakes in a water bath by filling a large roasting pan halfway up with water and then setting the cake pans inside. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the remaining port and rum on top of the cakes and let them cool. These cakes will last for days stored in parchment paper and plastic wrap and for weeks when frozen.
Cook’s Note
Browning is a Jamaican burnt brown sugar sauce, available in specialty stores or online.
