Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake

Name: Sharon's Jamaican Fruit Cake
Total time: 110
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 cups butter; 2 cups white sugar; 9 large eggs; 0.25 cup white rum; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 tablespoon almond extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 grated zest of one lime; 2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit; 2 cups red wine; 1 cup dark molasses; 2.5 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice; 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 pinch salt

Recipe by Sharon from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 50 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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2 cups butter
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2 cups white sugar
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9 large eggs
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0.25 cup white rum
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1 tablespoon lime juice
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1 tablespoon almond extract
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 grated zest of one lime
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2 pounds chopped dried mixed fruit

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2 cups red wine
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1 cup dark molasses
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2.5 cups all-purpose flour
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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0.5 teaspoon ground allspice
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0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 pinch salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
Place butter and sugar into a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs; add rum, lime juice, almond extract, vanilla, and lime zest.
Stir in dried fruit, wine and molasses.
Sift flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; gently fold into fruit mixture. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 80 to 90 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.