Jamaican Fruit Cake

Level: Intermediate

Cooking Time: 1hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ lb. dark sugar
• ½ lb. granulated sugar
• 1 lb. butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon lime rind
• 4 oz. skimmed milk powder
• 6 eggs
• 2 lb. mixed fruits
• 4 oz. bread crumbs
• ½ lb. baking flour
• 2 oz. baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 8 oz. overproof white rum
• 2 cups port wine
• 2 tbsp. browning (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven 350ºF.
2. Cream sugar and butter until fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time and mix well.
4. Mix flour, bread crumbs, baking powder, salt and skimmed milk powder.
5. Fold flour into butter mixture while adding rum and wine a little at a time.
6. For color add browning.
7. Pour mixture into greased baking tin
8. Place in preheated oven.
9. Bake for 1 hour.
10. Reduce temperature to 250ºF for 45 minutes or until done.