This Trinidad black cake is my absolute favorite dessert for the holidays. I would always look forward to this season just to get a piece of this cake. The longer the fruit sits in the alcohol, the better it tastes — and the same goes for the cake! You should plan to make this recipe a few days ahead of serving the tasty treat for good measure. But make sure you have it wrapped properly if you want to leave it sitting for a long time.
Ingredients
- 3 cups raisins
- 2 cups currants
- 1 cup prunes
- 0.67 cups candied mixed peel
- 1.25 cups cherry brandy
- 0.5 cups dark brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons dark rum
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
Instructions
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1
Place raisins, currants, prunes, and mixed peel in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Transfer to a large jar.
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2
Pour cherry brandy, 1/2 cup brown sugar, dark rum, and mixed spice into the jar; mix well and seal. Refrigerate, occasionally stirring, until flavors blend, 2 weeks to 3 months.
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and line two 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper.
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4
Combine butter and 1 3/4 cup brown sugar in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs until smooth. Beat in raisin mixture until evenly incorporated. Fold in flour and vanilla extract gradually until batter is smooth and falls off the back of a lifted spoon.
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Divide batter between the prepared cake pans. Cover cake pans loosely with aluminum foil.
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Bake in the preheated oven until cakes are firm and spring back when lightly pressed, about 2 1/2 hours.
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Cool cakes in the pans, 8 hours to overnight. Wrap in aluminum foil to keep moist.
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