Authentic Caribbean Black Rum Cake Serves Up Nontraditional Holiday Treat.FORDS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999-- Black Cake. Caribbean Rum Cake. Christmas Cake. Fruitcake fruit·cake n. 1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits. 2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" . Wedding Cake. No matter what you call it, the authentic Caribbean Black Rum Cake is being served up as a new addition to holiday dessert menus and gift lists across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Barbados-native Angela Price moved to the United States in 1972 and started baking authentic Caribbean Black Rum Cake for her American friends. After just one taste, they relinquished re·lin·quish tr.v. re·lin·quished, re·lin·quish·ing, re·lin·quish·es 1. To retire from; give up or abandon. 2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended). 3. their traditional U.S. holiday desserts in favor of the rich, smooth cakes from the island. Caribbean Black Rum Cake is a native dessert that's been served for centuries as a traditional celebration cake. It originated from the steamed pudding Noun 1. steamed pudding - a pudding cooked by steaming pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed of the British who once occupied the Caribbean. Island natives added indigenous ingredients to the English pudding pudding. Early writers on cookery class puddings and dumplings together. The earliest puddings were boiled in a bag or cloth. Later they were placed in a buttered bowl, covered with a cloth, and steamed. The baked or chilled puddings evolved even later. -- like fruit, tropical spices, sugar and rum -- and baked it to create the smooth, moist Caribbean Black Rum Cake. These classic rum cakes are still made by hand using recipes passed down from generation to generation. The key to the cake's rich flavor and moist texture is the finely ground fruit mixture of raisins, prunes and cherries that have been steeped in rum and wine for months before baking. The cakes are either brown or black in color, with the darker requiring the addition of burnt sugar burnt sugar n (Brit) → caramel m burnt sugar (Brit) n → Karamell m burnt sugar n (BRIT to the recipe. The sugar is slow cooked until it thickens and then is added to the batter providing the rich texture and a darker color. The cakes are slow-baked at low temperatures for hours to give them the authentic smooth texture, rich taste, freshness and flavor. The only preservative preservative Any of numerous chemical additives used to prevent or slow food spoilage caused by chemical changes (e.g., oxidation, mold growth) and maintain a fresh appearance and consistency. Antimycotics (e.g. used is rum and the cakes can be stored securely wrapped at room temperature for extended periods of time. In 1987, Price founded Caribbean Cake Connoisseurs to market these traditional island desserts. She built a commercial baking kitchen and started selling the cakes because she wanted Americans to experience the Caribbean delicacy that was her family tradition. Price bakes the cakes using the recipe passed down from her great-grandmother. The finishing touch is a guarded family secret and involves a spirited concoction that is carefully hand-brushed on each cake just before packaging to make her Caribbean Black Rum Cake truly stand-alone. "We would look for any excuse to have Black Cake in Barbados," said Price. "Weddings, holidays and birthdays were all occasions where this tasty treat would be served. My mother and grandmother had to plan to have the cake because it takes so long to prepare. All the fruit is finely ground and then soaked soak v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks v.tr. 1. a. To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid. b. To immerse in liquid for a period of time. 2. for months. So you can't bake this cake and serve it the same day. That's why it's so special." For more information on Caribbean Cake Connoisseurs or Caribbean Black Rum Cake, visit the web site at http://www.rumcake.com, or call 800/322-5452 to get a free catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. . |
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