Hey somebody please give the recipe of this cake, its a chocolate brown cake which has dry fruits & rum in it!

Question

This is a very famous cake which is made for Christmas but also is used as teacake or with wine for occasions.
I heard they use caramel or mollases for the rich colour and flavor, but i dont think thats it
Also please tell me what is the secret of the Rich dark brown colour.

To be more clear with what cake i am talking about check out this link for the image of the cake

http://shopping.sify.com/shopping/product_detail.php?mid=13177150&pid=13177162&prodid=14204126


And please dont confuse this cake with the simple plum or rum cake....

Answer 1

CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE
This English-type cake rich in fruit can be made 1 - 4 weeks before Christmas and stored in an airtight container. Once a week during storing, the cake is moistened with a dash of good-quality cognac or brandy.
Ingredients
about 130 g chopped candied orange peel
about 65 g chopped candied citron peel
150 ml candied cherries
150 ml raisins or currants
150 ml sultanas
150 ml chopped dried figs
150 ml sliced dried, pitted dates
175 ml pecan or walnut halves
100 ml cognac
375 ml flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tbsp cinnamon
½ tsp grated nutmeg or mace
½ tsp ground allspice
½ tsp ground cloves
2 eggs
200 ml soft brown sugar (firmly packed)
100 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
100 ml melted butter
50 ml dark molasses

Butter the sides and bottom of a rectangular loaf pan. Line the sides and the bottom of the pan with sheets of buttered parchment paper.
Mix the dried fruit, candied peel and cherries in a bowl. Pour over the cognac or brandy, cover with plastic wrap and let the fruit soak for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight, stirring mixture every now and then.
Combine the flour with baking powder and spices. Mix thoroughly. Beat the eggs until pale and fluffy. Mix in the sugar, the fresh orange juice, molasses and melted, cooled butter. Keep stirring, delicately, until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
Drain the fruit and add to the dry ingredients, along with the nuts. Mix thoroughly. Add the egg mixture and stir gently until smooth. Spoon the batter in the loaf pan and bake at 150 °C for 1 hour. Then cover the cake with foil and bake for another hour or until a cake tester/toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes and then unmould it. Carefully peel off the parchment paper from the sides and the bottom of the cake. Wash and dry the loaf pan and line it with clean foil. Place the cake back into the pan.
Prick the cake, eg with a thin knitting needle or a toothpick, and pour 1 tablespoon of cognac or brandy over the surface. Cover the cake with foil and store in refrigerator for 1 - 4 weeks. Once a week during storing, prick the surface of the cake and pour 1 tablespoon of cognac or brandy over it. This will make the cake moist and succulent in time for Christmas.

Serving suggestion:
Serve this cake as a dessert on Christmas dinner, accompanied by Tokaji Aszú wine or port and Cheshire or Wensleydale-type mild cheese.
ONE MORE GOOD RECIPE.
i tried these both recipes.they are the BEST.
Ingredients
225g/8oz plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
200g/7oz butter
200g/7oz dark brown sugar
2 tbsp black treacle(dark molasses)
1 tbsp marmalade
1/4tsp vanilla essence
4 eggs, lightly beaten
800g/1 3/4 lb mixed dried fruits
100g/3 1/2 oz chopped mixed peel
150g/5oz glace cherries, halved
100g/3 1/2 oz blanched almonds, chopped
brandy or rum to soak cake

To Decorate the Cake: ( if u like to decorate it)
200g/7oz marzipan(fine grind almond powder mix with powder sugar)
1-2 tbsp apricot jam, warmed
Royal Icing
3 egg whites
600g/1lb 5oz icing sugar, sieved
11/2tsp liquid glycerin - optional
1 tbsp lemon juice

Method
1. Heat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas2. Grease a 20cm/8inch round or an 18cm/7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment.
2. Sieve the flour, salt, mixed spice and cinnamon into a bowl.
3. Cream the butter and the sugar in a large mixing bowl and then mix in the sugar, treacle, marmalade and vanilla essence until light and fluffy.
4. Mix the eggs a little at a time into the mixture adding a tablespoon of flour mixture with the last amount.
5. Fold in the remaining flour mixture until well mixed and then mix in the dried fruit, mixed peel, glace cherries and the almonds.
6. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and make a slight hollow in the centre.
7. Bake in the oven for 3 hours and then test with a skewer. If not ready bake for up to another hour testing every 20 minutes until the skewer comes out clean.
8. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes.
9. Turn out on to a wire rack and leave to cool.
10. Once cool, make a few holes in the cake with a skewer and pour over 3-4 tbspof brandy. Let the brandy soak into the cake.
11. Store the cake wrapped in foil and in an airtight tin or plastic container, holes side up.
12. OPTIONAL: For a rich and moist cake, spoon over a few tablespoons of brandy every week until you are ready to ice and decorate your cake.

To Decorate the Cake:
1. Place the cake on a foil board or cake plate.
2. Dust your hands and the work surface with a little icing sugar and knead the marzipan until soft.
3. Roll out half the marzipan to fit the top of the cake and roll out the rest in strips to fit around the sides of the cake.
4. Brush the cake all over with the warmed apricot jam and then place the marzipan on top and around the cake.
5. Cover the cake with a clean tea towel and then leave in a cool place for at least one day.
6. To make the icing, lightly whisk the egg whites adding the sugar at intervals. Beat well until the icing reaches soft peaks. Add the glycerine if using and the lemon juice.
7. Spread icing all over cake either flat iced using a clean ruler or by forming soft peaks. Decorate with Christmas ornaments.

I hope you will like them as i do.

Answer 2

Chocolate Cheesecake!

Answer 3

Hm...Is it a Caribbean black cake? I don't have a recipe, but you could easily do a search online.

Answer 4

This is a fruitcake, there are lots of recipes. Google Fruitcake.