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.