Rum Cake
Source of Recipe
IslandFlave.com
List of Ingredients
1 lb. butter
4 cups flour (sifted 4 times)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup dark sugar
3 tbsp. browning
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup Jamaican white rum
2 cups port wine
8 eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg
1/2 cup cherry diced
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. rose water
1/2 cup raisins
1 tsp. almond essence
2 ozs. dried papaya (chopped)
1/2 cup chopped dates Recipe
1. Place chopped fruits, raisins, cherries, dates in a saucepan and cover with port wine
2. Heat over stove until raisins are slightly puffed
3. Allow to cool and stand in a refrigerator for at
least a day
4. Drain wine from fruits. Combine with rum to
make 1/2 cup
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
6. Cream the butter and both sugars add eggs,
nutmeg, vanilla and cloves
7. Mix together with flour, salt, baking powder and
baking soda
8. Add browning, then rum and wine
9. Add in prepared fruits, almond essence, rose
water
10. Line bottom of baking pans with wax paper
11. Use butter to grease paper and inside of pan.
Then lightly dust with flour
12. Place cake mixture into prepared baking pans
13. Bake at 325 to 350 degrees until a pick inserted
comes out clean
14. Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then cool
on wire rack
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