black cake
Dark rum cake
Black cake is a dense, dark fruitcake traditional to the Caribbean, especially Trinidad and Jamaica, typically served at Christmas and weddings.
The cake gets its color and intense flavor from fruits soaked for months or even years in rum and wine, plus browning—burnt sugar syrup.
Like British Christmas pudding, it improves with age: My grandmother starts soaking her black cake fruits in January.
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