Fruit Cake is a dense cake that is traditionally served at Christmas time in the Caribbean. Dried fruits are soaked in rum and wine for months and then added to a batter that is usually made of sugar, butter, eggs, flour, browning and spices. The result is a rich, delicious, divine, mouthwatering, absolutely scrumptious desert.
Depending on which Caribbean Island you are from, Fruit Cake is also known as Christmas Cake, Rum Cake, Black Cake or Plum Pudding. Culinary historians believe that “Caribbean rum cake” originated as a steamed pudding, brought to the Islands by English settlers in the mid-seventeenth century.
A richer version of Fruit Cake, covered with Royal Icing is traditionally served at most Jamaican / Caribbean Weddings.
For Jamaicans, Christmas is incomplete without Jamaican Fruit Cake. Fruit cake definitely has an acquired taste. It may take a few tries before you start to appreciate this divine treat.
Whether you call them Fruit Cakes, Christmas Cakes, Rum Cakes, Black Cakes or Plum Puddings; They are simple delicious!
