JAMAICAN RUM CAKE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Sift together and set aside the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cream butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and eggs, mix well.
• Add the lime zest and rum. Stir well to combine.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients, alternating with the heavy cream and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix between additions until well combined.
• Grease a bundt cake pan with some butter. Pour batter into the pan and bake for approximately an hour or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Carefully turn out and cool on a wire rack. Dust with some powdered sugar if desired. You can also sprinkle on some more rum too. Slice and serve when cool.

Steps:

• For a real authentic rum cake the fruits should be soaked as far ahead as possible, up to one year prior to baking. To soak fruits add the raisins, prunes, currants and 1 tsp of grated nutmeg to a large glass jar with a fitted lid.
• Cover with wine and rum to taste. Less rum plus more wine gives or more rum plus less wine depending on your tastes. I like just a hint of the rum flavor so I use more wine. Cover and let sit until you are ready to bake.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees
• In a large bowl, sift together the first five ingredients. Mix well and set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and airy. Add browning and 4 cups of the soaked fruit mix, fold in with a wooden spoon.
• Beat eggs, until light, fluffy and pale yellow in color, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add sherry and vanilla and beat to combine.
• Add the egg mix to the butter, sugar, fruit mix and fold in well to combine.
• 1/2 cup at a time, fold in the flour mix. After 1/2 cups, test to see if your wooden spoon stands upright in the mixture. If not add more flour until the mix can support the spoon.
• Grease 2 9 inch baking pans and line with grease paper. Grease and lightly flour the lined pans. Pour mixture into tins and bake for 2 hours. Begin testing for correct doneness at about 1 1/2 hours. A knife inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean.
• Place a pan of water in the bottom of the oven to ensure cakes do not dry out.