Photo: David Holifield
Caribbean-style Christmas cake recipe
20 ingredients
25 min + 3 hr
24 people
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Fruity cake with ginger, prunes and dark rum, topped with caramelised fruit.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
961
Calories
24g
Protein
20g
Fat
168g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 19 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Rum | 1/2 oz (15ml) | 32 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Marzipan | not in our table | 0 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
| Satsuma | not in our table | 0 |
| Redcurrant | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Prune | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 450 marzipan
- g sieved apricot jam (use more if necessary
- 3 pack regalice
- tbsp margarine
- 500 muscovado sugar
- g medium eggs
- 175 black treacle
- g plain flour, sieved together with 1 tsp mixed spice & 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 175 whole almonds, roughly chopped
- g fruits to caramelise, eg satsumas, redcurrants, grapes, cape gooseberries
- 4 granulated sugar
- 2 water
- tbsp bay leaves
- 200 oranges, zest only
- g glacé cherries, halved
- 100 stem ginger, chopped
- g mixed dried fruit, eg currants, sultanas, raisins
- 1 prunes, chopped
- handful tropical fruit mix
- 250 dark rum
Directions
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By lovefood ·
Recipe sourced from
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