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Dark Fruit Cake Soaked With Rum And Wine

You may have to be crazy to like regular fruit cake, but you do not have to be all that to enjoy some dark fruit cake. In a way, I would like to call this a dark rum cake recipe because dark fruit cake just isn't the same without being soaked in rum.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 1 hr 35 mins
Resting/Soaking Time 2 d
Total Time 2 d 1 hr 55 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Caribbean
Servings 10
Calories 477 kcal

Supplies and Equipment

Ingredients
  

Fruits, Rum, And Spices

  • 3 oz Dried Cherries 1/2 Cup
  • 3 oz Prunes Pitted, Chopped, About 1/2 Cup
  • 2.5 oz Raisins 1/2 Cup
  • 2.5 oz Candied Orange Peel Chopped, About 1/2 Cup
  • 1/8 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
  • 1/2 cup Dark Rum

Rum For Soaking The Cake (Or Use 3/4 Cup Sweet Red Wine)

  • 1/4 cup Dark Rum
  • 1/2 cup Sweet Red Wine

Cake Mixture

  • 1 1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 2 sticks Unsalted Butter
  • 2 tbsp Vanilla Essence
  • 1 tsp Almond Extract
  • 1/2 tsp Angostura Bitters
  • 5 tbsp Browning Gravy
  • 2 whole Eggs

Instructions
 

Soak Fruits, Rum, And Spices Overnight

  • Add fruits, rum, and spices in a container with a lid.
  • Let fruits, rum, and spices soak overnight in a sealed container.

Preheat The Oven

  • After the soaking process is done, preheat the oven to 275.

Prepare Cake Mixture

  • Cream the butter and dark brown sugar until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  • Put the eggs in the mixture, one at a time.
  • Add soaked fruits.
  • Mix in the gravy browning, vanilla essence, almond extract, and angostura bitters.
  • Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl to create a flour mixture.
  • Fold in the flour mixture lightly - do not over-mix.

Prepare Cake Pan

  • Add a thin layer of butter to the cake baking pan.
  • Dust some flour in the pan.
  • Add cake mixture into a 9x3 inches or 8x4 inches cake baking pan.
  • Add the cake pan to the preheated oven.

Bake The Dark Fruit Cake

  • Bake at 275 degrees for about 1 hour 35 mins.

Add Wine Or Wine And Dark Rum To The Cake

  • Let the cake cool down.
  • Place the cake on plastic wrap.
  • Pour the wine or wine and dark rum mixture over the dark fruit cake.
  • Wrap the cake and let it rest overnight.
  • Serve a day or two days after, with a glass of semi-sweet red wine.

Nutrition

Sodium: 195mgCalcium: 66mgVitamin C: 1mgVitamin A: 851IUSugar: 36gFiber: 2gPotassium: 204mgCholesterol: 49mgCalories: 477kcalTrans Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 12gFat: 19gProtein: 3gCarbohydrates: 60gIron: 2mg
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