Baking a flawless rum cake requires science, technique, and some know-how. Leave it to a trained chef to help demystify some ...

In 1950, home cook Ann Corn and Courier-Journal Home Consultant Cissy Gregg agreed that "more people ruin fruit cakes and nut cakes by over baking than by not baking them enough. ... We used plenty of ...

This is my mom’s recipe for a dense fruit cake made with dried fruits and nuts soaked in rum. Depending on how much you enjoy rum-soaked cake, you can soak it in rum and ripen the baked cake anywhere ...

Finely chop half the macadamia nuts and roughly chop the remainder, then set aside. Grease and flour a 20-22cm round cake tin and sprinkle the base with the roughly chopped macadamia nuts. Preheat the ...

1 pound dried (not candied) pineapple, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 pound dried papaya, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 cup each macadamia nuts, pecan halves and coarsely chopped walnuts (total 12 ounces) ...

Wherever you travel in the Caribbean, it’s likely you’ll see rum cake on restaurant menus and tempting arrays of packaged rum cakes in gift shops. The appeal is obvious. This is cake with a kick. It’s ...

I’ve done a few cruises to the Caribbean, always to different ports. But no matter where we anchored, these little yellow, hexagon–shaped boxes were everywhere to be found. Sold in every gift shop and ...

Rum, dark chocolate, chopped nuts, cake crumbs, crystallized ginger and dessicated coconut. <li>600g chocolate cake crumbs <li>1 tablespoon strawberry or apricot jam ...

Rum cake is a delightful dessert with rich cultural and historical roots. Originating in the Caribbean, this cake reflects the region's long history with rum, which dates back to the colonial era when ...