Jamaican Fruit Cake Recipe | Easy Christmas Cake Recipe

dark rum

🥗Healthier: apple juice

💰Cheaper: white rum

Apple juice provides moisture and sweetness without alcohol.

mixed dried fruit

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: raisins

Fresh fruit can reduce sugar content and cost.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option while margarine is often cheaper.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pecans

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are nut-free and lower in cost.

Prepare the mixed dried fruit and soak it in fruit wine and overproof rum.

Blend the soaked mixed dried fruit until smooth.

Measure out 2.5 cups of all-purpose flour into a mixing bowl.

Add baking powder, ground nutmeg, and salt to the flour and mix together.

In a separate bowl, cream together 3/4 cup of brown sugar and butter until fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition.

Add vanilla extract, rose water, and almond essence to the egg mixture.

Combine the blended fruit with the butter and sugar mixture.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, combining until smooth.

Add browning sauce to the batter, adjusting the amount to achieve desired darkness.

Prepare the baking tin by greasing it and lining it with parchment paper.

Pour the batter into the prepared baking tin, smoothing the top.

Bake in the oven for 1.5 hours, checking after the first hour without opening the oven until the cake starts to rise.

Once baked, check doneness with a knife; it should come out clean.

Remove the cake from the oven and immediately soak it with additional wine and rum.

Let the cake cool and soak overnight before serving.

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