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Christmas Cake West Indian

This Christmas Cake West Indian Style recipe uses Butter At Room Temperature, Brown Sugar, Flour, Baking Powder, and Ground Cinnamon. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb
• 1/2 cup
• 2 cup
• 1 tsp
• 3 tsp
• 1 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Mix together all the ingredients and store in a tightly sealed jar for at least 1 month

2. 2

   Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.

3. 3

   Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

4. 4

   Sift the flour, baking powder and all the dry spices together. Add the lemon essence, almond essence and vanilla essence to the fruit mixture.

5. 5

   By hand, stir tablespoonsful of the flour mixture and the fruit mixture alternately into the butter, sugar and egg mixture.

6. 6

   Add the browning gradually, stirring until a deepish brown colour is reached.

7. 7

   Turn the cake mixture into the baking tin, smooth the top and bake in the oven for 3-4 hours or until a skewer or wooden toothpick, inserted, comes out clean.

8. 8

   This can take an additional hour or two.

9. 9

   Remove the cake from the oven, prick it all over with a skewer or toothpick and pour the rum all over it.

10. 10

    Remove the cake from the tin when it is cool, wrap it tightly in waxed paper, place it in an airtight container and leave for a month for best flavour.