Jamaican Fruit cake | Christmas Cake| How to make Fruit cake

TIPS AND INGREDIENTS BELOW:

First of all, let me just say. The most important thing is flavour and that the baked cake is not too dry or too wet. I've probably had fruit cake of 20 different kinds of texture over the years in Jamaica.

I love Christmas cake and either a pudding texture or cake texture makes me happy as long as the flavour is amazing. THIS mixture will give you a more tender moist cakey crumby texture once cooled down. I will be posting another video with a more "Puddingy"😄 texture in my dessert playlist. IT IS UP TO YOU TO PUREE YOUR FRUITS OR LEAVE THEM WHOLE.

For the soaked fruits:

The ratios of fruits are up to you however I often do:

4 cups raisins
3 cups prunes
2 cups currants
1 cup glace cherries

I place glace cherries, currants, raisins and chopped prunes in a glass container with ENOUGH white rum and red label wine TO COVER them (the liquid is maybe 1 inch or higher than the fruits) and let it sit in the sealed jar for one year. Other spices and flavorings can be added to the soak if desired)
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For the Cake:

This yields two eight inch cakes or 1 tall 9 inch cake. Please remember:
1.All of our ovens tend to run differently regardless of the set temperature so...use a skewer or toothpick into the cake at about the 1 hour and 20 or 35 minutes mark to check whether the cake is good or still too wet.

2. Bake the cake on the middle shelf of the oven. The top shelf may be too hot. Place a baking tray full of hot water on the SHELF BELOW to provide moisture while the cake bakes.

3.Spritz your cake daily or every other day with wine and/or rum.

4. Keep your cake covered properly to prevent drying out.

5. Keep your cake at room temperature. If you want to keep the cake for weeks then refrigerate BUT...sit out at room temperature when serving your guests. The longer any cake sits in the refrigerator the drier it gets so sitting it out of the fridge helps.
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✔Please wrap your cake properly in foil or plastic wrap or store in a sealable container at room temperature. The alcohol acts as a great preservative but for longer storage you may refrigerate the cake and let it sit at room temperature for awhile on the day you'd like to eat it.

✔You may use two 8 inch or two 9 inch cake tins

✔ If you don't have fruits soaked for a year, you have options:

1. Start soaking it now 😄 or
2. Do stewed fruit which will be in my next fruit cake video later tonight or tomorrow
3. OR Just chop them finely add alcohol then puree it very smoothly without doing the soaking
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INGREDIENTS:
2 cups Unsalted butter (1 LB)

2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup SOFT brown sugar

6 LARGE eggs (use 8 for small eggs)

2 tsps grated lemon/lime zest

2 1/2 - 3 cups allpurpose flour (Sometimes I do 2 cups flour and 1 cup soft breadcrumbs)

1 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Ginger powder

1 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp Coriander powder (It is an ingredient that is sometimes used in mixed spice)

1/2 tsp Ground allspice

1/4 tsp Ground cloves

3 tsps Baking powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 cups PUREED ALCOHOL SOAKED fruits

1 tbsp fancy mollasses

2 tbsps or more browning*

4 tbsps lemon juice

2 tbsps vanilla extract

1/4 tsp Almond essence

*Browning is a bottled burnt sugar/dark caramel sauce used in Caribbean Cooking to add a deep brown colour to creating food items.

Red label wine (add more to cake while warm and daily if desired)

White Rum (add more to cake while warm and daily if desired)

My other fruit cake video:

[JerenesEats]

🚨🚨 For ingredients and other details, please click the word "more" which is located below the video title to open up the description box. 🚨🚨

[khandyk]

I thank you and commend you for making this video with clear and concise measurements. I have begged the best of bakers for years to share their recipe for this great cake and no one ever would. I figured it's bc most just go off taste and knowledge so they don't necessarily measure everything idk but I think to carry on our great traditions with the younger generations, we have to teach and share openly. Can't wait to try this.

[Shelone]

It’s me again 2 years later 🤣🤣 I made this last year and this year with the exact ingredients this time around and Everyone loves it! I almost have no cake for myself ❤❤❤ thanks for sharing

[deloresmccarthy]

Great teacher you are.Anyone who can't follow this cake receipe will not be able to follow no receipe at all.Thanks for sharing.

[michaelsteinberg]

Thank you so much! My boss gave me a slice of this one year. He brought it to the office. It was the fruitiest most delicious cake I had ever tasted. Also, I couldn’t drive afterwards. LOL

[vj]

Girl I just made mine, I just grate the rind of a lime, that always take away the egg scent or taste, , but can I tell you the consistency is the bomb! I’m soaking up all the rum and wine, updated after I cut, ,
Thanks a million, you rock

[lieshurttellthetruth.]

Thank god for you the only one that spoke that you can understand great job
Now I can try yours because I know what you are saying
Thank you so much .

[tbabyful]

Thank you for your calm way for making fruit cake.
Easy to follow and easy to understand 👌 😌 💯

[kelliew.]

Thank you for being clear and even showing how you cut the parchment paper. And tapping the pan to level it! I was never shown that technique and always wondered how to get it smooth on top. Great tips!

[jacquelinedavidson]

I never do cake before am going to try this one for my Christmas thank you

[alexandriakaye]

I’ll be trying this recipe for sure! Thank you 🩷

[yvettedaly]

Your calming and distinct tones pulls one in in listening and watching instructions. Teacher?😊 Very good instructions, thank you!

[gloriajackson]

I love that black cake.
You are doing great.
Keep baking my dear

[Shelone]

It’s me again for the third year in a row 😂😂 I am about to soak my fruits! Thanks again 💃🏻💃🏻

[aleciat.]

OMG! Jerene girl you did it again 🤗! This cake recipe and instructions were clear, easy to follow and my cake came out ‘Absolutely Perfect’. The almond essence and lemon zest/juice really made a difference. I absolutely love this cake recipe. Keep doing what you do, I greatly appreciate this and many of your other recipes I have tried.👍👍👍

[gloriajackson]

Thank you for the recipe.
Happy holidays to you and all yours.

[Kittysopritty]

This was such a great lesson, thank you! I'll start soaking my fruit for next year now. Definitely put me in the holiday spirit.

[LOVETHYSELFDAILY]

I'm making it now for my birthday! Thank you for helping me! 😃

[jenf]

You are so thorough iwith your instructions. You sound like a good educator. Cake looks real moist...👏👏👏🥳🥳

[jordiabatchelor]

Bwoy Jerene. This is my second attempt at using your recipe to make my Christmas cake and my hubby giving me nuff props. I’m happy that I came across your recipe as I’ve always wanted to learn how to make Christmas cake. Your instructions are very easy to follow and the cake came out great. Keep doing your thing.