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Caribbean Rum-Soaked Fruit Cake
Ingredients
  • subheading: MACERATED FRUIT MIXTURE:
  • 1 lb prunes, pitted
  • 1 lb currants
  • 1 lb raisins
  • 8oz red glaced cherries
  • 4oz mixed peel
  • subheading: SOAKING:
  • 750mL bottle port wine (or another dark red wine)
  • 3 to 4 cups white or dark rum
  • Keep one extra small bottle rum on hand
  • subheading: BROWNING:
  • 4 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 4 tablespoon port wine
  • subheading: CAKE BATTER:
  • 1 lb unsalted butter, softened (4 sticks)
  • 1 lb sugar, demerara brown or white granulated (2 cups)
  • 12 eggs
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Zest of one orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 teaspoons mixed essence
  • 1 ½lbs macerated fruit mixture (about 3 heaping cups)
  • 300g all-purpose flour (2 ½ level cups)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground all spice
  • ¼ teaspoon ground clove
  • subheading: ALCOHOL MIXTURE TO POUR ON TOP:
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • ¼ cup cherry brandy
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