Description
A dark, rich fruit cake for wine and fruit lovers! This is a recipe I use at Christmas and for Birthdays. I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label Wine and White Rum. But you may use your Favorites….ENJOY!
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 9 eggs
- ¼ cup white rum (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon almond extract
- 1 grated zest of one lime
- 2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup dark molasses
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Place butter and sugar into a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs; add rum
- lime juice
- almond extract
- vanilla
- and lime zest. Stir in dried fruit
- wine
- and molasses.
- 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.
- 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.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 12