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Jamaican-Style Coffee Cake: What I love about this website is that it offers me the opportunity to document recipes for my family and, in turn, for all of you. However, since I haven’t lived in Jamaica for many years, I now also make dishes that aren’t traditional Jamaican recipes. This is one of them.
I call it Sunshine Cake. I can’t even remember why I call it that but I found it years and years ago in a magazine ad for raisins. Like most of my cooking, I made this recipe my own with some Jamaican touches. After adding some more spices, pineapple and a hit of rum it has become a family favourite so it had to be added here … by special demand. This recipe is very flexible so if you don’t have apples, you can use pears instead. A cup of walnuts or pecans are also a great addition for nut lovers. Sunshine Cake is delicious warm out of the oven, but personally I think it tastes even better the next day … with a cup of coffee. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 cup Butter, soften
1 cup Sugar
1 Tbsp Orange Zest
3 Eggs
3 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Allspice
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1 cup Cooking Apple, chopped
1 cup Homemade Sour cream (see below)
1 (14-oz) can Crushed Pineapple, drained
1/4 cup Pineapple Juice (drained from crushed pineapple)
1 cup Raisins
2 Tbsp Jamaican Rum
2 tsp Vanilla Flavouring
Homemade Sour Cream: Mix 1 cup of whole milk with 2 Tbsp lemon juice and stir.
Method
Preheat oven: 350 degrees
1. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy; mix in orange zest
2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing batter well after each addition
3. Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg; set aside
4. Combine apples, crushed pineapple and sour cream; set aside
5. Add dry ingredients and sour cream/fruit mixture to the batter; alternating between dry and wet
6. Add pineapple juice, raisins, rum and vanilla to the batter; mix well
7. Pour cake batter into a greased bundt pan and place in preheated 350-degree oven for 1 hour or until a inserted knife comes our clean
Serves 12
