Christmas Cake West Indian Style

Ingredients

1 cup raisins
1 cup currants
1/2 candied cherries
1/2 cup candied citrus peel
1 mixed fruit
1 1/2 cup rum
1 cup sweet sherry
1/2 pound butter at room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
2 1/2 lemon essence
2 1/2 teaspoons almond essence
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/4 brown food coloring up
1 additional rum for basting during storage
1 fruit mixture mix all the ingredients
1 month
10 deep round cake baking tin
9 baking tin by lining it with two layers of waxed paper
1 tablespoon rum
5 cake
1 serve with rum sauce

Instructions

Full recipe name is Laurel-Ann's Wedding Cake or Christmas Cake West Indian Style