Black Cake (a Kwanzaa Fruitcake)

Name: Black Cake (a Kwanzaa Fruitcake)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 227 grams butter; 227 grams package candied cherries; 414 milliliters currants; 227 grams dark brown sugar; 473 milliliters dark rum; 198 grams 1/2 package mixed dried fruit; 6 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 473 milliliters tawny port wine; 355 milliliters pitted prunes; 355 milliliters raisins; 59 milliliters burnt sugar syrup

Black Cake (a Kwanzaa Fruitcake) is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 921 calories, 8g of protein, and 22g of fat. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have tawny port wine, raisins, prunes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; cover fruit mixture and chill 8 hours or up to 1 week.

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Fruit

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Bowl

Process fruit mixture, in batches, in a food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides; set aside.

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Fruit

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Food Processor

Whisk together eggs, cinnamon, and nutmeg until foamy.

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Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Egg

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Whisk

Beat butter and dark brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.

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Dark Brown Sugar

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Add egg mixture, beating until blended.

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Add fruit puree; blend well.

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Fruit

Combine flour and baking powder; stir into fruit mixture. Stir in burnt sugar syrup. Spoon batter evenly into 1 greased and floured 10-inch springform pan.

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Baking Powder

Simple Syrup

All Purpose Flour

Fruit

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Springform Pan

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 1 hour; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.

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