The centerpiece of every holiday gathering in my lifetime has been my great aunt’s rum cake. Family members would sneak bites throughout the day, long before it was time for dessert. Her recipe ...

Grease a 9 inch cake pan or springform pan ... Whisk the 2/3 cup sugar into the browned butter, followed by the eggs, vanilla ...

Fold into the cake mixture one-third at a time ... Drain and save the rum. Cream the butter. Add the caster sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Separate the eggs, save the whites, add the ...

Enjoy the Caribbean flavours in this rich and moist ginger spiced rum cake. It's delicious with or ... and treacle into a deep saucepan, add the butter and brown sugar and heat gently, stirring ...

2. In a heatproof bowl, combine 125 grams bittersweet chocolate and butter. Place bowl over a pan of simmering water, and allow chocolate and butter to melt gently. Remove bowl from heat, then cool ...

Lightly butter a 26cm x 9cm x 8cm/10in x 3½in ... You could also sprinkle the cake with a little rum (or orange-flavoured liqueur if you have used orange in the mixture) when you take it out ...

Stir the chocolate and regular digestive biscuits with the melted butter and sugar ... them around the top of the cake before serving. Soak the raisins in the rum for at least an hour until ...

To make a three-layer cake like the one in the photograph, see the variation that follows." "Almond paste is available in most supermarkets in 8-ounce cans or tubes." Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put ...

For dinner en famille, simply brush the cake with warm apricot jam, perhaps with a bit of rum stirred in. For something a bit fancier, drizzle on the second glaze just before serving.