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Caribbean-style Christmas cake recipe
Photo: David Holifield

Caribbean-style Christmas cake recipe

20 ingredients 25 min + 3 hr 24 people openrecipes

Fruity cake with ginger, prunes and dark rum, topped with caramelised fruit.

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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

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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