Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake
Description
This Jamaican fruitcake recipe produces two deliciously dark, rich, spiced fruitcakes. The perfect food gift for wine and dried fruit lovers!
Ingredients
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2 cups butter
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2 cups white sugar
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9 large eggs
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1/4 cup white rum
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1 tablespoon lime juice
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1 tablespoon almond extract
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 grated zest of one lime
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2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit
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2 cups red wine
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1 cup dark molasses
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 pinch salt
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
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Place butter and sugar into a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
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Beat in eggs; add rum, lime juice, almond extract, vanilla, and lime zest.
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Stir in dried fruit, wine and molasses.
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Sift flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; gently fold into fruit mixture. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
6
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 80 to 90 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.