Christmas Fruit Cake, Black Cake, Rum Cake, Super Moist & Delicious!

This recipe of Christmas Fruit Cake is one of the simplest and by far the best I have tried.
This super moist and delicious cake is dense and pack with soaked flavorful fruits .
I promise you can’t go wrong with this simple step by step recipe

**Ingredients for blended fruits**
1 lb prunes, seeded and chopped
1 lb raisins
1 lb currants
1/2 Ib cherries chopped
Any other fruits of your choice
1 bottle of rum
1 bottle of cherry brandy or wine
(Spices)

**Ingredients for cake **
2 cups or 1 lb butter
2 cups or 1 lb sugar
9 large eggs
2 tsp grated lime or lemon peel
2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 1b or 4 cups flour (baking or all purpose) (sifted)
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1-2 tsp mix spice
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup browning or more for darker color
4-5 cups of soaked blended fruits

The day before or some days before baking, boil the fruits (prunes, raisins, currants, cherries) Link is provided

Line cake pans with 1 layer of wax
paper.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Break eggs into a bowl, add lime peel then pour into the batter gradually.

Add fruits to blender and lightly blend, then add to batter.

Add enough browning to give desired colour, along with vanilla essence or extract

Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, fold into creamed mixture gradually.

Add more rum to your desired taste.

Pour batter into lined baking pans and bake in a preheated oven at 220 degree celsius for first 45 minutes.

Reduce heat to 200 degree for the remaining 45 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.

(Place water pan at the bottom of the oven)

Prick hot cakes and soak with a mixture of
rum and cherry brandy. (Any Alcohol You Desire)

Cover and set aside to cool.
Soak overtime for a few days to keep moist.

Thank you so much for watching 😊

[tharamatikaufmann]

I tried your recipe for Christmas and oh boy it was delicious. Everyone loved it. I make black cake every Christmas but there is something special about this one. Thank u for sharing and may God bless u abundantly in this Holy Week. I am making one for Easter weekend

[neilduprey]

Racquel I just want to thank you for this recipe. For years I bought countless cakes, wishing I could make my own. A couple days ago my Godmother and followed your recipe and it came out just like yours for our first attempt. Thanks to you we never have to buy another black cake. I look forward to sharing your recipe with others

[Denny]

I bake annual Christmas cakes 🥮 this recipe is easy to follow and the end result looks delicious and moist. Thanks for sharing.

[Dvero]

Just like that my mom (RIP my Queen) and auntie Anne made theirs too. Grenada the Island of Spice in the house😘 Big up to ALL Caribbean Kings & Queens😍🤗❤

[anitasanmarie]

My mouth full of water definitely gonna start soaking my fruits.

[vinciaconnor]

Im so in love with rum cake and cake on a whole

[jimmillecharles]

I studied this video and used your recipe to make my very first black cakes today. Only thing I did differently was add 1tsp of cardamom to my stewed fruits. It came out great, thank you!!

[joanlalloo]

Best fruit cake ever I've seen fruit cake recipes but you are the best I made this very recipe this afternoon an it came out perfect just like yours I already eaten half of one cake lol thank you merry Christmas God bless ❤❤❤🇹🇹

[sybilpinnock]

Thanks, i have been looking for a recipe like this.I can now bake with my granddaughter step by step.I will try this recipe next week for our Christmas cake.

[wdavis]

My first time ever making Black Cake. I used your recipe and a wave of nostalgia ran through me after the first bite as if my mom was the one that baked it. I shared it with some family members and they too loved the taste. There was 1 family member that mentioned that it was good but needed to be a little darker in color. But like you, I too don't like my Black Cake too dark so I used the same browning measurement as you did and explained to that family member that they can have it darker the way they liked it WHEN THEY BAKED THEIR OWN. (I was really thinking....Eat, Be thankful and Shut Up!). 🤣 Thanks again for sharing.😇

[annastephens]

Well done you gave measurements thank you I will try it

[motivationalmotivations]

Iam doing this recipe now. And the batter taste so good

[kaybah]

I used this recipe and it was and tasty!!! Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[janetlawrence]

Just made my cakes following your recipe, can't wait to see what the finished cakes looks like. I just keep looking at them through the glass😁. Will let you know how they came out. Thanks for your recipe.

[delainehylton]

Wow that was very informative and your cake came out so moist and beautiful thanks for sharing.

[lili]

I did this recipe last year and the cake was so good… I’m about to do another one this Christmas🤗it’s the best recipe

[kadiemcgregor]

Perfect recipe... Thank you!!! I did mine today and it was perfect

[sandrafoster]

👍🏾 you are great!! Simple and easy to understand ❤

[yvonnejohn]

Very good 👍 👏 that's the perfect way 👌 I know it. Grenada 🇬🇩 in the house 🏠.

[colleenbaptiste]

It is interesting how there are variations of the same food throughout the Caribbean.
I'm from Guyana and Black Cake is traditionally made as wedding cakes and at Christmas time. A good wedding cake can last until the first wedding anniversary it's soaked in rum to keep it well preserved and tasting great.