In many Caribbean households, keen bakers keep a tub of boozy dried fruit steeping for months – even years. This recipe speeds up the process by simmering the fruit with port, allowing it to absorb ...

Rum cake is a delightful dessert with rich cultural and historical roots. Originating in the Caribbean, this cake reflects the region's long history with rum, which dates back to the colonial era when ...

PERHAPS YOU just returned from a spring-break visit to the tropics; if you didn’t, you are even more sorely in need of this cake. Run through with caramelized pineapple, toasted coconut and a splash ...

Rum-soaked fruit is a staple of so many desserts from Jamaica, my homeland—from pineapple cake to rum cake to spiced bun. Typically the fruits used are dried, and the soaking process long, but ripe, ...

What would the holidays be without jokes about fruitcake — that it’s leaden, dry and hard, better used as a doorstop or dumbbell than served as dessert? While it’s arguably appropriate to malign ...