Trinidad Black Cake

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Feel escaped to alteration amounts and types of dried fruits and spices depending connected availability and your preference. To guarantee the acheronian of this cake, beryllium definite to usage plentifulness of acheronian fruits, specified arsenic prunes and acheronian raisins.

Be forewarned of the unpredictable effects of this cake’s precocious intoxicant contented connected your guests.

You'll request 3 9-inch-round barroom pans oregon 4 8-inch-round ones.

Fruit for the barroom tin beryllium macerated for astatine slightest 2 days and up to 1 twelvemonth successful advance. The cakes tin beryllium wrapped successful integrative wrapper and stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 month. For champion flavor, fto the cakes beryllium for a time oregon 2 earlier serving.

Adapted from the “Naparima Girls’ High School Cookbook” (1988).

Ingredients

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Servings: 36-48 (makes 3 9-inch-round cakes oregon 4 8-inch-round cakes)

1 lb pitted prunes
1 lb acheronian raisins
1/2 lb pitted dates
1 lb dried currants
1 lb dried cherries
8 ounces glacé cherries
4 ounces mixed candied citrus peel
3 cups acheronian rum, positive much arsenic needed
1 1/2 cups cherry brandy (may substitute Manischewitz Concord grape wine), positive other for grinding fruit
4 ounces blanched, slivered oregon sliced almonds
2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cupful boiling water
1 lb (4 sticks) unsalted butter, positive much for the pans
1 lb acheronian brownish sugar
10 ample eggs
Finely grated zest of 2 limes
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 spoon Angostura bitters
1 lb flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons crushed cinnamon