silver dragees for decorating the cake (available at specialty foods shops and many supermarkets) In a large bowl, combine well the raisins, prunes, currants, cherries, lemon and orange peel, wine and ...

A traditional Jamaican rum cake, often enjoyed around Christmastime, is much closer to a fruit cake than our version of this cake is, but the two versions have one key thing in common: Jamaican rum.

Which Caribbean country has the best rum cake? What about the best black cake? At the Rum Cake and Caribbean Black Cake Fest, ...

“You should have started months ago. You remember. This is a cake that requires your attention, your respect and, most importantly, your time.” These were my mother’s parting words to me when I told ...

Arnold couple Paulette Griffiths and Colin Harrison made the headlines this week when they bagged a life-changing contract to supply their Jamaican rum cakes to Aldi supermarkets up and down the ...

"Christmas in Jamaica isn't Christmas without fruitcake," says Gloria Jenkins, a retired nurse living in Bogota, Bergen County. She should know -- she was born in Montego Bay and grew up in Kingston.

Patrick Bogle moved to the United States from Jamaica eight years ago. But it wasn’t long before he was wooing Aurielle James with his family recipes. Those dishes, along with his love of family, had ...