Never seen anyone use maraschino cherries in their soaked fruits before, I have always seen glazed cherries used since it’s a firmer texture 🤔 interesting I am sure it gives a different taste.
Thank you for watching! 😋Don’t forget to save this video to your favorites so you can find it easily next year. For exact measurements and recipes to make your Fruit cake/ Black cake/ Rum Cake/ wedding cake/ Christmas Cake/holiday cake LINK in DESCRIPTION BOX! Any questions you have about how to make variations to the original recipe answered! In other words instructions to make an alcohol free version or vegan option or Gluten-free version or even a sugar free version. Tips and tricks not in the original video added. Link in description box!
Hi habiba. Why can’t we find the video baking the cakes? I saved it last year but I can’t seem to find it now. Would really like it as I use only your recipe
Thanks for sharing. In Trinidad (How my mum showed me) we would use a hand mill to grind the fruits and then add the rum. Now the blender is used and yes look out for those prune pits. We use Sherry Brandy (similar to Taylor's but not as strong) and Rum. It's made 3 months or more before baking, but these days weeks before is just as good and the longer you leave it to soak the better. Looking forward to the actual cake making session ❤
Thank you for sharing how you and your mum make it . Yes sherry brandy is a great alternative as well . I will definitely be uploading the cake session soon 😅
Thank you for sharing how you and your mum make it . Yes sherry brandy is a great alternative as well . I will definitely be uploading the cake session soon 😅
Hi Habiba enjoyed watching you put your fruits to soak real Caribbean style Grandfather will be proud of you pudding looks good enjoyed the vlog Trinidad 🇹🇹 ❤ 😀
Hi Habiba. Perfect timing. My Sister in London who does excellent Black cakes is visiting me in the US for Christmas. She gave me the list of items to purchase & soak. I had a hard time finding port wine. Finally, found the Taylor brand & will soak fruit on weekend. Looking forward to your other videos in this series 🥰👍🏽
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Maraschino cherries are not American. They are the Marasca cherries from the former Yogoslavia and Northern Italy. Soaked in Maraschino liqueur which came from Croatia. At the time 200 years ago was part of Venetian Republic.
I hope you get to make this one day . Yes it can be a lot of work but it tastes so much better than the store bought versions which tend to look nice but have less fruit and wine but more color and preservatives . I thought about selling cakes again with in the USA 🇺🇸 but bulk cake making and dealing with packaging and shipping is a little too much for me now . 😅 I can only handle making a few cakes at a time .
My fruits have been soaking for almost two month now. I have a very similar glass jar to your one gallon container. I noticed that you used parchment paper under the metal lid. What is your reason for doing this? Also do you have to stir or shake the fruit in the jar every once in awhile, or can you let them sit undisturbed?
Hello lovely lady, I loved watching your video on Black Cake. I wish we had smell-a-vision so we could smell the delicious fruit you have soaking in booze in your kitchen. It looks beautiful and I'm sure that it tastes even better. I've just bought a bottle of spiced dark rum to soak my dried fruit in this year for Christmas, but I've left it a bit late. Should I put the rum and fruit in a saucepan and bring it to the boil so that the fruit soaks up the rum more quickly, or can I just soak the fruit in the rum for a couple of weeks? Thanks again, love from Amanda in Australia P.S. The glace peel we get here in Australia is really awful, so do you know how I can make my own?
I think you can soak the fruit without boiling it since you have several weeks till Christmas time. I have updated the description box so you can get more details for your next cake!
I bought a bottle of sweet wine. Mascoto. Anyway it’s what I have. Is three weeks enough? Should I boil the. Fruits first since I only have three weeks?
No problem 😅 Alcohol is a preservative and as long as the jar is airtight it doesn’t need refrigeration. Usually it is kept in a dark cabinet; however if you feel more comfortable you can place jar in the fridge . Currently I have a few jars in my back fridge.
I have two 1-quart jars of soaked fruit that have been sitting in my pantry for about 2 years. It was going to be my first time trying to make the black fruitcake but life got in the way and I haven't used it so far. It has been in the pantry all this time and has not been refrigerated. Would the mixture still be okay to use even if it wasn't refrigerated? Is it normally required to do so?
Go on and get baking. Every year I say I’m going to make a black fruit cake. But God willing this year I will. I only have three weeks to soak my fruits. You’re ahead of the game. Get going🤣🤣🤣💚✌🏽Good luck.
I should NOT be watching this video at this hour. I wanted to bite that cherry you dangled at the camera 😂 Great video. Even the prunes look yummy. I know people eat them for the obvious, but I actually like them just because.
Weeks or even months! Link in description box for more details. Cake book with answers to every question answered you have about making Black cake/ Caribbean fruit cake
I watched a video where the lady boiled her fruits before soaking them and she said she could use it the next day. I might do both. It’s Dec 2,2024 so I have three weeks.
I store the soaked fruit in a cool room or closet and sometimes I do store them in the fridge if I have room. Remember Alcohol is a preservative plus the sugars from the fruit..
@@Kenton-Habiba Thank you. I have mine in a dark cupboard. It’s in a 3 litre glass mason jar. It is heavy with all the fruit and two bottles of alcohol. Great full it can be stored in a reasonably cool, dark place. I’m looking forward to making my first Caribbean fruit cake. Merry Christmas 🎄
I don't make black cake my sister usually do so I will get from her that's the way she does it the only thing different she grinds her fruits with a mill the old time way🇹🇹
Patience my dear. Keep in mind not everyone is on the same level. Others need more details. All you had to do was forward the video to the information you were looking for. Ps link in description box to written instructions.
@@philo441 Ok good luck! Again written instructions for the cake recipe and soaking the fruit plus any detail you wish to know about materials, ingredients, storing or making the cake is in the book. E-book available for download today for under $10 but also Paperback & hardcover available. Link in description box.
Ok. Feel free to place video on mute. I never assume everyone knows everything so I offer as much information as possible. I get alot of questions from different people. Professionally I am used to teaching or educating. Sorry you felt it was too much talking.
