How To Soak Fruits For Delicious Jamaican Black Fruit Cake
The soaked fruit mixture is the most important ingredient in any Jamaican black cake recipe. Soak fruits up to a year in advance and keep on hand for whenever you need.
Ingredients
- 1 lb raisins
- 1 lb pitted prunes
- 1 lb currants
- 1 lb mixed peel fruits
- 1 cup wray & nephew rum *to taste
- 1 cup port wine *to taste
Instructions
- Make this recipe in 2 batches. Add half of each ingredient into a blender.
- 1/2 lb of raisins, currants, mixed peel fruit, prunes to blender. Pour 1/2 cup Wray & Nephew rum and port wine into blender. Pules. Do not blend into a liquid, you want to have little fruit chunks.
- Pour fruit mixture into glass jar(s).
- Repeat above step with second half of ingredients.
- Best if prepared at least a month in advance of making Jamaican black cake.