Name: Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Butter - 2 cups; White sugar - 2 cups; Eggs - 9 large; White rum (Optional) - ¼ cup; Lime juice - 1 tablespoon; Almond extract - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Grated zest of one lime - 1; Chopped dried mixed fruit - 2 pounds; Red wine - 2 cups; Dark molasses - 1 cup; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking powder - 3 teaspoons; Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon; Ground allspice - ½ teaspoon; Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon; Salt - 1 pinch

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake

1. Butter - 2 cups

2. White sugar - 2 cups

3. Eggs - 9 large

4. White rum (Optional) - ¼ cup

5. Lime juice - 1 tablespoon

6. Almond extract - 1 tablespoon

7. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

8. Grated zest of one lime - 1

9. Chopped dried mixed fruit - 2 pounds

10. Red wine - 2 cups

11. Dark molasses - 1 cup

12. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups

13. Baking powder - 3 teaspoons

14. Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon

15. Ground allspice - ½ teaspoon

16. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon

17. Salt - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

2. Stage

Place butter and sugar into a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Beat in eggs; add rum, lime juice, almond extract, vanilla, and lime zest. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Stir in dried fruit, wine and molasses. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

5. Stage

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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

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.