In the West Indies, the newly wed share with their guest a piece of this cake.
After putting so much rum and wine in the cake, it almost has the texture of fudge. A small piece after dinner is enough to make you happy!!!
The flavour will develop with time… just like good wine!!!
Ingredients:
Fruits:
- 450 gr mix peel, chopped
- 450 gr raisins
- 450 gr dried apricot, chopped
- 750 ml rum
- Enough sweet red wine to cover fruit
Cake:
- 450 gr brown sugar
- 450 gr butter
- 1.5 l flour
- 10 ml baking powder
- 12 eggs
- 2 ml salt
- 20 ml vanilla
- 500 ml molasses
Method:
- A few weeks before you intend to make this cake, cook the fruit for 15 minutes in boiling water
- Drain and put the fruit in a large airtight jar (extra large Mason jar for example)
- Cover with the rum and red wine and let marinate a few weeks/months, the longer the better
Cake:
- Cream butter and sugar together
- In a clean bowl, beat the eggs until they are light and fluffy
- Add the butter to the eggs
- Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well
- Pour the batter in a rectangular pans (about 4 cm high) – like a bread pans (you will need a few of them)
- Bake at 3000 F for about one hour maximum, then lower the temperature to 2750 F for another hour to a hour and a half, until cooked
- Let the cake cool before removing from the pans
