- Yield: 1
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Serving: For Family
Dark Rum Fruitcake - Traditional Newfoundland
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When you think of dark rum fruitcake you can't help but think of a family gathering at Christmas time, or a big wedding. This dark rum fruitcake is so full of spicy flavours and packed full of dried fruits and dates, nice and moist , with lots of silky dark molasses. Topped off with dark rum of choice inside and out, wrapped in a soaking rum cheese cloth to lock in the rich flavours. This cake is two thumbs up by many people who have made it before, making them in small loaf pans is great this way you can keep them wrapped in rum cheese cloth until they are all eaten.
I'm going to share a couple more recipes and links to them for you to check them out or maybe make them.
Traditional Newfoundland Christmas Fruit Bread
Check out this one!
Traditional Newfoundland Cherry Cake
I'm going to also share with you a link to our cookbooks one released in February 2017 and the other released in October 2020!
Ingredients
- Chopped red cherries - 1/4 cup
- Chopped green cherries - 1/4 cup
- Chopped pitted dates - 1/4 cup
- Mixed fruit - 1/4 cup
- Dried or fresh cranberries - 1/4 cup
- Dark rum - 1/4 x 2 for cheese cloth
- Dark rum - 1 tbsp for cake
- Butter - 1/2 cup
- Brown sugar - 1/4 cup
- Flour - 1 cup
- Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 1/2 or 1 tsp
- Ground allspice - 1 tsp or cloves ( not in video )
- Sea salt - 1/4 tsp
- Milk - 2 tbsp
- Dark molasses - 1/4 cup
- Egg - 1 large
Instructions
Pre-heat your oven to 325°, set timer to 45 minutes bake time, or depending on your oven.
Method:
- In a medium bowl with lid, add all of your chopped fruits and add 1/4 cup dark rum cover and soak over night or few hours at room temperature.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar, add egg mix together.
- In another bowl sift together flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon.
- Then in another small bowl add molasses and milk mix together. Then start mixing into butter and sugar in three batches, alternating flour mixture and molasses mixture until all is incorporate together.
- Then fold in your soaked rum and fruit mixture to the batter.
- Line a 6 x 3 inch spring release pan with parchment paper and put oil around the inside. Scoop your batter into your pan and place in your pre-heated 325°F oven for 45 minute or until baked. When your time is up poke a tooth pick or knife into cake if it comes out clean your cake is ready.
- Remove from oven let cool for 10 minutes in pan then remove cake and place on a cooling rack, when totally cooled sprinkle one tbsp or more of dark rum over top.
- Pre-soak a piece of cheese cloth in a 1/4 cup of dark rum, after spread cheese cloth out on counter place your cake inside and wrap around cake, then have a piece of parchment paper to wrap around the cake and cheese cloth.
- Then place your cake in a airlock container with lid for 10 weeks or ready to eat in 11 days. Store in a cool place in your house, If you like to store it longer you can double the amount of dark rum, or freeze, if you can't wait 11 days to eat your cake just re-open your container and enjoy.
BAKING TIPS:
- Date your cake and the container for your records of when you made and stored the cake.
- When making a fruit cake you can add any amount of fruit, nuts or raisins to the batter, this recipe make one small cake.
- Double recipe for larger cake or 2 loafs.
- Red and green cherries and mixed fruit, these items are found in your baking section at your grocery store.
Allergens
Egg, Milk, Nuts, Rum, White Flour
This dark rum fruitcake is full of rich texture, nice and moist packed full of dried fruit. Delicious!
I can’t say enough good things about my dark rum fruitcake, when making this cake you can add as more dried fruit, raisins, dates or plums as you like.
I can remember my mom making this recipe just before Christmas time and the house just smelling heavenly, there is nothing like it.
Check out another Christmas cake recipe we enjoyed to make.
Traditional Newfoundland Apricot Cake
There are so many delicious fruit cake recipes out there to make, whats so lovely about our recipes you can view our step by step video tutorial to make our fruitcake. Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting our website and reading my blog, its because of you we continue to post more and more videos and recipes for you to enjoy. Please leave us a message before you go telling us what you think about this recipe or anyone of my recipes on this page.
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Hello
The dark rum fruitcake looks delicous and I think I will make it . Thankyou
Hi Wanieta: Thank you for your message and for visiting my website, I’m glad you found us and your going to make this lovely fruit cake. Enjoy Bonita
Hi Bonita,
I was searching for a dark fruitcake recipe just like my mom used to make and yours looks like a perfect match! I enjoyed watching your video and will pick up some dark rum so I can follow your recipe exactly. Your wrapped fruitcake looks lovely, and using the cans to make gift cakes is genius! Thank you for sharing your recipe! Merry Christmas!
Hi Laura:Thank you so much for your message and for stopping by, I’m so glad you enjoyed our dark rum fruit cake recipe. It is so tasty and easy to make. We do have a light fruit cake available and on December 19 we will be posting a diet fruit cake, so stop back again to see that recipe. Have a lovely day 🙂 Merry Christmas and Happy Baking….Bonita
Hi Bonita, Thank you again for the recipe! I have a double batch baking in the oven right now, and the house does smell heavenly! I will visit your page again to see your diet fruitcake recipe. The fruitcakes I made today will be ready on Christmas Day, just in time! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hi Laura, thank you for your message and for making our dark rum fruit cake recipe, this is my favourite cake. But please do stop by next Sunday when myself and Pam Pardy makes a tasty diet fruit cake and its nice to have choices for company that can’t have sugar or rum in the fruit cake. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🙂 Bonita
Can I purchase a dark fruit cake in St. John’s?
Hi Bonita: Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a message, oh my I’m sure there is a few places in ST. John’s you can purchase a dark rum fruit cake. This time of year there is lots of craft christmas sales and they sell cakes and cookies. 🙂 Enjoy Bonita
Just made this (my first fruitcake ever) and it smells so good in here. Easy recipe to follow and cake looks amazing. Thank you Bonita
Hi Tonia: Oh my that sounds amazing, I’m so glad you made and enjoyed making it. I love this fruit cake and I got all my ingredients picked up to get mind made today. Enjoy to the fullest and thank you for leaving a message and for stopping by. Happy Thanksgiving if it applies. 🙂 Bonita
Very interesting, good job and thanks for sharing
such a blog.
Best regards,
Abildgaard Valenzuela
You are very welcome and thank you for stopping by, i’m glad you enjoyed our recipe. Thank you for leaving a message letting us know. 🙂 Bonita
Wow, this recipe looks amazing! I love your video and your down to earth approach. I bet your kitchen is filled with heavenly smells and food that will lift you out of the hardest days.
Hi Amanda: Thank you for your message and for stopping by, I’m so glad you enjoyed our DARK RUM FRUIT CAKE recipe. This one taste so lovely and gets better as it ages. Even if you freeze it the cake will taste amazing after its thawed. Enjoy Bonita
I love this recipe. I double it and bake in a jumbo muffin pan for 6 small cakes that are the perfect size for gifting. I decorate the tops with green cherries like a wreath. I’m making the light fruit cake recipe too, because you can’t have too much fruit cake.
Hi Bernadette. Thank you so much for following up with us after you made our dark and light fruit cake, i’m so glad you made the small muffin size they make great gifts too. Have a wonderful time baking over the holiday’s and thank you for stopping by…..:) Bonita