Jamaican Rum Cake

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
1/3 cup white rum
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Method
1. Grease and flour 10 inch bunt pan.
2. Place nuts in small bowl. Sprinkle over 1 tbsp. flour. Set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in egg yolks.
5. Mix in rum and fold in flour mixture.
6. In separate bowl whisk egg whites to stiff peaks, fold in to cake batter.
7. Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Jamaican Egg Nog Cheesecake

Evening treat

Ingredients

1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
2 tbsps white sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 (8 oz) packages cream cheese (softened)
1 cup white sugar
3 tbsps all-purpose flour
3/4 cupp eggnog
2 eggs
2 tbsps rum
1 pinch ground nutmeg

Method

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
2. In a medium bowl combine Graham cracker crumbs & 2 tbsps sugar and butter. Press into bottom of a 9 inch springform pan
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool
4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit
5. In a food processor combine cream cheese, one cup sugar, flour and eggnog; process until smooth. Blend in eggs, rum and nutmeg. Pour mixture into golden crust.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
7. Reduce heat to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 45 minutes, or until centre of cake is barely firm to touch.
8. Remove from the oven and immediately loosen cake from rim. Let cake cool completely before removing rim.

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