You can make a black cake next year, ... if you want black cake for Christmas — this year or next — you would do well to start soaking that fruit. ASAP. TRINIDAD BLACK CAKE.

No matter what recipe you try, if you want black cake for Christmas — this year or next — you would do well to start soaking that fruit. ASAP. Trinidad Black Cake. 36 to 48 servings (makes three ...

“I started soaking my fruit two weeks ago,” I bragged to my brother-in-law at Thanksgiving last year. He glared at me: “Good. You can make a black cake next year, then.” Mind you, this is ...

As a child growing up in Trinidad & Tobago, I many times witnessed the months-long process of making black cake. Around late September — right after hurricane season ended — my mother started ...

Laurie Lee, who comes from a Chinese Jamaican family with roots in the spice business, spends nearly every waking hour from October to Christmas week baking black cake in Homestead, Fla.Last year ...

“It was something I was forbidden to touch,” he says now, remembering. “I had to watch from a distance.” De’Armond, who owns 592 Chew, a Guyanese catering and vending company based in ...

If you live in the U.S., Christmas dessert probably means pecan pie, fruitcake, or maybe a Yule log, while those in the U.K. feast on Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, or mince pies. If you live in ...

The battle of the black cake three women argue as to who can make the best Christmas Christmas Black Cake | Local News | trinidadexpress.com Skip to main content ...