The most tasty and authentic Jamaican rum cake I bet you have ever tasted.
You can hear about Black Cake under many different names: black cake, Jamaican black cake, rum cake, Christmas cake, wedding cake. There is one thing for sure, Christmas in Jamaica and many other places on Caribbean islands is not the same without this cake. Black cake is said to be the descendance of British Plum pudding, or a Caribbean version of American fruit cake. But no, it is unique and rich in texture and culture, every slice evokes the nostalgia of the islands of the Caribbean especially Jamaica.
Story of black cake. Black cake is traditional delicacy of Caribbean Christmas but it reflects the presence of British. Back in 18th century when British colonists settled on the islands, they brought with them fruit puddings and a big question came to the British chef about how they can preserve their fruit puddings in warm and humid Caribbean islands. Brown sugar, molasses and rum which was god’s special gift to the Caribbean were used to preserve the fruit cake and that was when black cake came in. Liquor and sugar were used long time ago to preserve English cakes on sea voyages but the special well known secret of this Caribbean cake is rum. There is no better rum than Caribbean rum and that makes the black cake you taste in Caribbean islands blow you away.
Black cake – Uniquely dense texture, rich and robust taste come in intensely dark color
If you have never tasted this cake, black cake looks like a chocolate cake. However, the deep dark color of black cake actually comes from brown sugar, caramel, rum wine and dried macerated fruits. However, you cannot just go to the kitchen, mix the batter and have a black cake just after several hours.
To have a black cake on Christmas day, home cooks throughout Caribbean islands have to prepare months in advance. They have to choose the finest raisin, prunes, dried cherries and soak them in local rum, then set aside up to 3 months before Christmas. When baking time comes, this rum saturated fruit will be ground or blended to a wine-sweet paste and then added to cake batter along with other flavors and caramel that is called “browning”. The air then will fill with citric notes and the cake come out of the oven perfectly dark, moist and rich in flavor.
Black cake – a pledge of affection and intimacy. Black cake always reminds us of warm and strong bonds in the Caribbean culture. You should feel honored and beloved when receiving a Caribbean black cake as a gift. With Caribbean, all the ingredients: flour, brown sugar, molasses, rum and tropical fruit are invaluable and have deep meaning to them. When they use those ingredients together with months of passionate preparation to make you a black cake, it means you are important to them.
Where to try the authentic tasty black cake in Kitchener Waterloo? You can find a ton of recipe for black cake on the internet to bake it yourself at home. However, the can taste and feel the ingenious, authentic flavor of without going to Jamaica. There is no better baker for black cake than an ingenious Jamaican chef. Indulge yourself with this out-of-this-world black cake, let it melt in your mouth and imagine you are on the Caribbean islands. Come to our Jamaican restaurant in Kitchener Waterloo to taste black cake and live Caribbean: Menu – J & K Cuisine (jkcuisine.ca) . If you are feeling like a drive you can come from Guelph or London to get some delicious Black Cake / Rum Cake. If you would like a whole Black Cake / Whole Rum Cake please call in advance to confirm price and availability.