Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake

This Jamaican fruit cake recipe is a dark, rich cake for wine and fruit lovers! I use this fruitcake recipe for Christmas and birthdays. I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label wine and white rum, but you can use your favorites.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Calories: 598 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup dark molasses
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 cups butter
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 2 cups red wine
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 9 large eggs
• ¼ cup white rum (Optional)
• 1 grated zest of one lime
• 2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Place butter and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs; add rum, lime juice, almond extract, vanilla, and lime zest. Stir in dried fruit, wine, and molasses.

Step 3

Sift flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; gently fold into fruit mixture. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 80 to 90 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.