I need a recipe for "Jamaican Fruit Cake" I heard that is commonly used for weddings... need it before christmas, kindly share a good recipe asap.

Have you tried "googling" for the recipe?
That might work, plus there are loads of places online that might have it. Would it be ok to im you to give you some names of url's to look in?

I googled it and there are quite a few hits on jamaican fruit cake and jamaican rum cake and of course jamaican rum fruit cake. Go ahead and google it and you will get what you are looking for

I already did but couldn't find the one I wanted. it involves blending the candied fruits with the rum/wine...

O you mean soaking the fruits with the wine/rum liquids?
I don't see why you can't just do that with a recipe that is on there, It won't affect the outcome but will make the fruit less chewy. try this link. It has the ingredients that you were looking for but the preperation notes are quite sketchy,
http://www.internationalrecipes.net/recipes/view.pl?519

If I puree the fruit do you think it would be ok? I ate one before and I prefer that rather than the chunks of fruit. thanks for helping!

Also, I heard that if there is no time to soak the fruits I can boil them instead. how is that done? boil them with the wine?

just FYI, i made a Jamaican Rum Cake from CC and it was awesome! i made it for a housewarming where half the guests were visiting from Jamaica and they said it was the BEST Jamacan RUm Cake They have ever had! I can't see why you can't soak the candied fruits in rum and fold them into that recipe.

http://cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2102-Jamaican-Rum-cake.html

thank you all for the feedback but I can'tseem to find a recipe I like to try.

I'm thinking of using a recipe from "allrecipes.com" but I want to puree the fruits with the wine/rum. I mean I will put them together and blend in the blender. Do you think this will work? Is that gonna be too wet??

sorry but I need your help before my experiment

Found these recipes soaked/boiled in wine/brandy/rum, chopped/pureed fruit:

http://www.jamaicans.com/cooking/seasonal/fruitcake.htm

HTH

i hope i'm not too late too help. i've make this traditional recipe for my family and friends many times. living in barbados for a few years made this a must do!
yes, you do mince the fruit mixture together with rum and cream sherry. this is normally done many weeks/months in advance to allow the fruits to soak up maximum alcohol. :0)

ingreds:
2 cups marg/butter
2 3/4 cups brown sugar
8 eggs
3 cups self-rising flour
4 cups fruit mixture
1 Tbs cinnamon
" " nutmeg
1/2 " clove powder
1 " vanilla essence
2 " almond "
1/4 cup or more browning (cross & blackwell brand is best or grace )
1/2 cup dark rum ( mount gay has a nice taste)

1. in a large bowl mix together 2cups marg/butter and 2 3/4 cups brown sugar.
2. cream together till smooth.
3. mix in 8 eggs - one at a time, beating well between each addition.
4. add 3 cups self-raising flour. mix in by hand with wooden spoon, then use mixer to beat till smooth.
5. add 4 cups fruit mixture. stir in with wooden spoon till evenly distributed.
6. add 1 tbs cinnamon
1 tbs nutmeg
1/2 tbs clove
1tsp vanilla essence
2tsp almond
7. stir in browning to darken batter to your liking.
8. stir in 1/2 cup rum.
9. pour into parchment prepared pans and bake at 275-300 degree oven till top springs back (about 1 1/2hr) or toothpick comes out clean.(it may still have a few crumbs - that's ok, because cake is meant to be moist)
10. cool cakes then punch holes all over with toothpick and pour 1/4 cup rum (per cake) over surface.

this cake is normally iced with royal icing with a layer of marzipan first to create a barrier between cake and royal. this is done so that the browning dosen't discolour royal (which it will, if left for too long or if layer of icing is too thin).
I make my royal icing as i do my rolled buttercream. thickening it up with extra sugar, rolling it out and applying like fondant or rbc, but in a quite thick layer.
this cake will keep for a very long time due to the high alcohol content.
best of luck with your cake and if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask!

thanks JanH & sirius... what is browning? I might have to try your recipe.

vanz,

You're not going to believe this:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-54575-browning.html

sorry. i should have explained that it is in fact gravy browning. don't let that deter you though, it only adds rich color - dosen't taste like gravy!!! pm me if you need any other help. j

JanH... you are so resourceful...

this must be it.