Best Jamaican Rum Fruitcake Recipes

SHARON'S JAMAICAN FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, then add rum, lime juice, vanilla, almond extract, and lime zest. Stir in mixed fruit, wine, and molasses. Sift together flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt. Fold into batter, being careful not to over-mix. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 80 to 90 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

RUM FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• soak mango, papaya, currants and zest in 1/2 cup rum (while you prepare the rest of the ingredients).
• cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg, vanilla and sour cream.
• sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder.
• Add butter and flour mixture together. Stir.
• Add fruit mixture and coconut.
• (if too dry add just a little more rum!).
• Place mixture in a bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees 1 1/2 hours or until cake is done!
• While cake is warm, poke holes in the top with tooth pick and sprinkle remaining 3 tbls rum.

JAMAICAN RUM FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Soak all fruit in rum 2-4 weeks. FOR CAKE: Grease and flour 2-3 loaf pans. Preheat oven to 275*F. Sift dry ingredients together. Cream margarine until light. Add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients. Stir in fruit mixture and nuts. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Place on rack in preheated oven in center of oven. Place pan of water on lower rack. Bake at 275*F for 4 hours. Cool 1 hour. Remove from pans and cool completely. Wrap in foil and let ripen 3 weeks before serving.