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JAMAICAN BLACK CAKE



Jamaican Black Cake image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 5h30m

Yield 2 cakes

Number Of Ingredients 24

1 cup pitted dates
1 cup dried figs
1 1/4 cups port wine
1 1/4 cups white rum, such as Appleton
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup brandied cherries with their liquid (or substitute maraschino cherries)
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup candied orange peel
1/2 cup dried prunes
1/2 cup dark raisins
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 orange, juiced
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing cake pans
2 cups flour, sifted
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon molasses
1 teaspoon browning
5 eggs

Steps:

  • 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.

TRINIDAD BLACK CAKE



Trinidad Black Cake image

This is my absolute favorite cake for the Christmas holidays. I would always look forward to this season just to get a piece of this cake. The longer the fruit sits in the alcohol, the better it tastes; minimum 2 weeks, maximum 3 months. As for the cake, the longer it sits there, the better it tastes! But make sure you have it wrapped properly if you want to leave it sitting for a long time. Make at few days ahead of serving for good measure. Prep time is the minimum time required for the fruit to soak.

Provided by Roxanne J.R.

Categories     Desserts     Specialty Dessert Recipes     Liqueur Dessert Recipes     Brandy

Time P14DT10h50m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 cups raisins
2 cups currants
1 cup prunes
⅔ cup candied mixed peel
1 ¼ cups cherry brandy
½ cup dark brown sugar
6 tablespoons dark rum
1 teaspoon mixed spice
2 cups butter, softened
1 ¾ cups dark brown sugar
10 eggs
4 cups self-rising flour, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Place raisins, currants, prunes, and mixed peel in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Transfer to a large jar.
  • Pour cherry brandy, 1/2 cup brown sugar, dark rum, and mixed spice into the jar; mix well and seal. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until flavors blend, 2 weeks to 3 months.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and line two 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper.
  • Combine butter and 1 3/4 cup brown sugar in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs until smooth. Beat in raisin mixture until evenly incorporated. Fold in flour and vanilla extract gradually until batter is smooth and falls off the back of a lifted spoon.
  • Divide batter between the prepared cake pans. Cover cake pans loosely with aluminum foil.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until cakes are firm and spring back when lightly pressed, about 2 1/2 hours.
  • Cool cakes in the pans, 8 hours to overnight. Wrap in aluminum foil to keep moist.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 727.8 calories, Carbohydrate 109.7 g, Cholesterol 177.3 mg, Fat 26.7 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 9.3 g, SaturatedFat 15.6 g, Sodium 618.3 mg, Sugar 69.4 g

RICH DARK FRUITCAKE



Rich Dark Fruitcake image

This is my mother's very old recipe, at least 60 years old. My mother baked this for my wedding, and it sure is delicious and also a great Christmas cake. This is a very long recipe, but well worth the trouble. You can substitute a cup of drained maraschino cherries for the candied cherries, if you like.

Provided by Carol

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Wedding Cake Recipes

Time 6h

Yield 40

Number Of Ingredients 24

6 cups golden raisins
3 cups dried currants
1 ½ cups pitted dates
6 cups raisins
1 pound candied mixed citrus peel
½ pound candied cherries
2 cups almonds
2 cups butter
3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground allspice
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon almond extract
2 cups white sugar
12 egg yolks
½ cup molasses
12 egg whites
½ cup grape juice
½ cup strong brewed coffee

Steps:

  • Wash and dry the raisins and the currants. Wash, dry, pit, and chop the dates. Chop the raisins and the citrus peel. Slice the cherries. Blanch the almonds, and slice them lengthwise. Combine fruits and nuts in large bowl.
  • Grease and line 3 standard Christmas cake pans (these round pans are at least 3 inches deep and come in a set of three sizes- 5, 7, and 9 inch across) with 4 layers of heavy waxed paper, or 3 layers of brown paper. Grease again. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices onto a piece of waxed paper. Remove 1 cup of this flour mixture, and combine with fruit and nuts. Mix until fruit is well coated.
  • Cream the butter until fluffy. Add extracts. Gradually add sugar, mixing until creamy. Beat egg yolks until light and lemon-colored, and beat into the butter mixture. Stir in the molasses, and beat together well. Add half of the remaining flour mixture, and blend thoroughly.
  • Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into batter. Stir in lightly the remaining flour mixture alternately with grape juice and coffee. Add floured fruit and nuts, blending in until fruit is well distributed.
  • Turn batter into prepared cake tins, filling each about 2/3 full and spreading batter evenly. Bake in center of oven. Bake small cake 2 1/2 hours, medium cake 3 1/2 hours, and large cake 4 to 4 1/2 hours. Remove from oven and allow to stand 5 minutes, then turn out on wire rack to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 451.3 calories, Carbohydrate 79.6 g, Cholesterol 85.9 mg, Fat 14.5 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 6.2 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 176.8 mg, Sugar 39.7 g

BLACK FRUIT CAKE



Black Fruit Cake image

This is a wonderful fruit cake! A dear friend of mine sent me one of these for Christmas and it's delicious! I'm not a big fan of fruit cakes, but this one made a believer out of me!Try it, and it doesn't even have to be for the holidays.There's some work to this, but it's well worth it! Souece: skrowerif, Seattle

Provided by FLUFFSTER

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h

Yield 4 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 lb raisins, seedless
1 lb currants
1 lb dates, chopped
2 lbs candied fruit
1 lb walnuts, shelled and chopped
6 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon clove, ground
2 cups shortening
2 cups brown sugar
6 large eggs
1 cup molasses, dark
1 cup coffee, brewed strong and cooled
2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Mix all dry ingredients (flour, spices, and fruits and nuts) together in a very large bowl. Mix all soft or liquid ingredients together thoroughly then add to lg. Bowl, mixing well by hand. (This will give you an upper-body workout!).
  • Prepare 4 bread pans (standard size) by lining them thoroughly with brown wrapping paper or a cut-up brown grocery bag. Pour this thick and chunky batter into each of the loaf pans, filling 2/3 full.
  • Bake for 2 hours at 250-300 degrees.
  • Remove from oven and let cool. When thoroughly cool, remove from pans and carefully remove the brown paper which is adhered to the fruitcake. Wrap in waxed paper and let set. Serve during the Holidays.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4838.9, Fat 187.5, SaturatedFat 35.5, Cholesterol 317.2, Sodium 839.3, Carbohydrate 780, Fiber 38.5, Sugar 556.4, Protein 58

BLACK CAKE



Black Cake image

Although black cake is descended from the British plum pudding, for Caribbean-born New Yorkers and their children, who number more than half a million, it evokes nostalgia for the islands, where the baking was a solemnly observed annual ritual. The cake is baked just before Christmas and eaten at Christmas dinner and afterward, in thin slices, for as long as it lasts. Because of the soaking of the fruit and the use of brown sugar and a bittersweet caramel called browning, black cake is to American fruitcake as dark chocolate is to milk chocolate: darker, deeper and altogether more absorbing.

Provided by Julia Moskin

Categories     cakes, dessert

Time 4h

Yield 3 or 4 cakes, about 4 dozen servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

1 pound prunes
1 pound dark raisins
1/2 pound golden raisins
1 pound currants
1 1/2 pounds dried cherries, or 1 pound dried cherries plus 1/2 pound glacé cherries
1/4 pound mixed candied citrus peel
2 cups dark rum; more for brushing cake
1 1/2 cups cherry brandy or Manischewitz Concord grape wine; more for grinding fruit
1/4 pound blanched almonds
1 cup white or light brown sugar for burning, or 1/4 cup dark molasses or cane syrup; more molasses for coloring batter
4 sticks (1 pound) butter; more for buttering pans
1 pound (about 2 1/2 cups) light or dark brown sugar
10 eggs
Zest of 2 limes
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Angostura bitters
4 cups (1 pound) all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Steps:

  • At least 2 days before baking, combine prunes, raisins, currants, cherries, candied peel, rum and brandy in a glass jar or sturdy plastic container. Cover tightly; shake or stir occasionally.
  • When ready to bake, put soaked fruit and almonds in a blender or food processor; work in batches that the machine can handle. Grind to a rough paste, leaving some chunks of fruit intact. Add a little brandy or wine if needed to loosen mixture in the machine.
  • If burning sugar, place a deep, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Add 1 cup white or light brown sugar, and melt, stirring with a wooden spoon. Stir, letting sugar darken. (It will smoke.) When sugar is almost black, stir in 1/4 cup boiling water. (It will splatter.) Turn off heat.
  • Heat oven to 250 degrees. Butter three 9-inch or four 8-inch cake pans; line bottoms with a double layer of parchment or wax paper.
  • In a mixer, cream butter and 1 pound light or dark brown sugar until smooth and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time, then lime zest, vanilla and bitters. Transfer mixture to a very large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture. Stir in fruit paste and 1/4 cup burnt sugar or molasses. Batter should be a medium-dark brown; if too light, add a tablespoon or two of burnt sugar or molasses.
  • Divide among prepared pans; cakes will not rise much, so fill pans almost to top. Bake 1 hour, and reduce heat to 225 degrees; bake 2 to 3 hours longer, until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to a rack.
  • While cakes are hot, brush tops with rum and let soak in. Repeat while cakes cool; they will absorb about 4 tablespoons total. When cakes are completely cool, they can be turned out and served. To keep longer, wrap cakes tightly in wax or parchment paper, then in foil. Store in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 353, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 60 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 53 milligrams, Sugar 37 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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