Festive fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, pineapple, raisins, and brazil nuts with vanilla and almond extract. All the flavors of fruit cake in a quick drop cookie.
Barbadians make Black Cake for weddings, birthdays and at Christimas time. Indeed, no Christmas holiday is felt to be complete without black Cake. People from many of the islands make a similar cake. This Black Cake derived from the British Plum Pudding which is a must on their Christmas menu.
Rich West Indian Christmas cake soaked in rum and sherry with dried fruits, warm spices, and browning for deep color. Start the fruit a month ahead for a dense, boozy holiday cake worth the wait.
Buttermilk coffee cake with almond extract, swirled with a cinnamon-sugar-nut filling and baked in a tube pan. Tender crumb, crunchy topping, serves 16.
Homemade almond-flavored tequila liqueur infused with dark roasted almonds, vanilla bean, and cinnamon. Gift-worthy Mexican spirit that steeps for 4 weeks total.