Best 12 Jamaican Cake Recipes

SHARON'S JAMAICAN FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, then add rum, lime juice, vanilla, almond extract, and lime zest. Stir in mixed fruit, wine, and molasses. Sift together flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt. Fold into batter, being careful not to over-mix. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 80 to 90 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

JAMAICAN BLACK CAKE

Steps:

• Add the dates, figs, 1 cup of the port, 1 cup of the rum, the almonds, brandied cherries with their liquid, currants, candied orange peel, prunes and dark and golden raisins to a food processor. Process this mixture until the dried fruit is broken down into smaller chunks. Stir in the orange juice. Allow it to soak in the rum for at least 2 hours 30 minutes, but preferably for 2 to 3 days.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 cake pans and line them with brown or wax paper.
• In a stand mixer, combine the butter, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, molasses, browning and eggs. Slowly add the rum-soaked fruit to the mixer a little at a time and mix to combine all of the ingredients.
• Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake pans. Bake the cakes in a water bath by filling a large roasting pan halfway up with water and then setting the cake pans inside. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle the remaining port and rum on top of the cakes and let them cool. These cakes will last for days stored in parchment paper and plastic wrap and for weeks when frozen.

JAMAICAN BANANA PINEAPPLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven the 350°F.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Add the bananas, undrained pineapple/syrup, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Stir all together but do not beat.
• Pour into greased Bundt pan.
• Bake for approx 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes-keep checking for doneness when a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
• Let cake sit in pan fro about 10 minutes then remove and cool on a rack.
• When cake is cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

JAMAICAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Sift together and set aside the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cream butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and eggs, mix well.
• Add the lime zest and rum. Stir well to combine.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients, alternating with the heavy cream and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix between additions until well combined.
• Grease a bundt cake pan with some butter. Pour batter into the pan and bake for approximately an hour or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Carefully turn out and cool on a wire rack. Dust with some powdered sugar if desired. You can also sprinkle on some more rum too. Slice and serve when cool.

JAMAICAN MOCHA RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F Butter (or spray with Bakers Joy) a 12-cup bundt pan and dust with cocoa powder, knocking out excess.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a large metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Remove chocolate from heat and stir in rum, coffee, and granulated sugar. With an electric mixer beat in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, scraping down side, and beat in eggs and vanilla until batter is combined well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake cake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Let cake cool completely in pan on a rack and turn it out onto rack.
• Dust cake with confectioners' sugar and serve with whipped cream.

JAMAICAN CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all cake ingredients in a large bowl. Bake in a greased tube pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Let cool 3-4 hours.
• Prepare icing by creaming margarine with cream cheese; then add remaining ingredients.
• Apply icing once cake is cooled.

JAMAICAN SPICED UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 5 tablespoons butter and add to a 9-inch square baking pan, tilting to coat bottom and sides. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar and arrange pineapple slices in 2 slightly overlapping rows.
• In a large microwave-safe bowl, microwave coconut milk and remaining 4 tablespoons butter in 20-second increments until butter is melted but not hot. Whisk remaining cup sugar to remove lumps, then add to bowl. Whisk in eggs, lime zest and juice, and vanilla.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, allspice, and salt. Add flour mixture to coconut milk mixture in 3 additions, whisking until smooth. Pour batter over pineapple and spread in an even layer. Tap pan on counter to remove any air bubbles. Bake until cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 1 hour. Let cool on a wire rack, 1 hour. Run a knife around edges before inverting onto a platter. Serve warm.

JAMAICAN MYSTERY CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Fold in mashed banana and walnuts.
• Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Let cool in pan 5 mins, invert on cake rack to cool.
• For icing: In small bowl cream butter and sugar at medium speed.
• Using high speed add eggs one at at time, beating well after each addtion.
• Blend in dissolved instant coffee mixture.
• To assemble: Slice cake in half lengthwise.
• Place bottom layer cut side up on cake platter.
• Slice banana and arrange evenly over cake.
• Sprinkle with Grand Marnier.
• Spread one-half of icing over bananas.
• Add top layer and frost top only with remaining icing.
• Garnish with walnuts.
• Refrigerate.

JAMAICAN RUM FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Soak all fruit in rum 2-4 weeks. FOR CAKE: Grease and flour 2-3 loaf pans. Preheat oven to 275*F. Sift dry ingredients together. Cream margarine until light. Add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients. Stir in fruit mixture and nuts. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Place on rack in preheated oven in center of oven. Place pan of water on lower rack. Bake at 275*F for 4 hours. Cool 1 hour. Remove from pans and cool completely. Wrap in foil and let ripen 3 weeks before serving.

JAMAICAN CARROT CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Combine carrot and sugar, mix well. Add beaten egg, then oil and vanilla and mix well. Combine and sift together the flour, cinnamon, spices, nutmeg, mixed spice, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture. Pour into greased baking container. Bake for 40 minutes at 355°F or 30 mins if using a shallow container.

JAMAICAN COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside. Combine butter and sugar, beating until almost white. Add eggs, 1 at a time, then bananas. Stir in yogurt and vanilla. Fold in combined dry ingredients a little at a time until completely incorporated and mixture is smooth. Pour into buttered and floured 8-inch cake tin and bake for 40 minutes. Turn onto wire rack to cool. Regrease cake tin with butter only and set aside.
• For filling: Beat together sugar and butter until almost white. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating thoroughly before each addition. Mix together cocoa and coffee. Then add Tia Maria to coffee/cocoa mixture and add all to filling.
• Cut cake into 2 layers, horizontally, and place 1 layer in bottom of greased cake pan. Cover with half of filling and then the remaining layer of cake. Top with remaining filling. To rid cake of air holes, hold it 12 inches from table and drop it so it lands flat. Repeat this twice. Cover cake with plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours. Serve ice cold with vanilla ice cream.
• *RAW EGG WARNING
• Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.

JAMAICAN BLACK CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Preparing Fruits for Baking: Wash fruit well. Soak fruits in 2 cups port wine and 2 cups rum for at least 4 weeks before baking. To bake the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch baking tin with butter or margarine. Line the tin with wax paper. Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue beating until mixture is smooth. Add flour and baking powder and continue to mix. Blend in browning, vanilla, almond, nutmeg, allspice, and lemon juice. In a blender or processor, grind fruits and add to mixture. Add 1 cup rum and 1 cup wine and mix well. Place in oven. Cake is baked when a knife is inserted into center of cake and comes out clean. Check cake after an hour. This will make approximately 4 pounds of cake. If you're baking it weeks or months in advance, continue basting it periodically with wine.