Rum cake made with plums and raisins soaked in rum, as well as brown sugar and a bittersweet caramel called "browning". Rum cake A rum cake is a type of dessert cake which contains rum. In most of the Caribbean, rum cakes are a traditional holiday season dessert, descended from the holiday puddings (such as figgy pudding). Traditionally, dried fruit is soaked in rum for months and then added to dough prepared with sugar which has been caramelized by boiling in water. The result, also known as "black cake", is similar to a fruitcake, with a lighter texture. In Trinidad and Tobago,
Damoiseau (rum) Damoiseau (rum) Damoiseau is a rum distilled in Guadeloupe. it is one of four types of agricultural rums produced in the region at family-owned distilleries. It has roots back to the 19th century and was originally founded as an agricultural estate. Damoiseau was originally founded as a sugar plantation by a certain Rimbaud at the end of the 19th century. The estate was purchased by Roger Damoiseau in 1942 and transformed into a distillery for producing only agricultural rum. Damoiseau is produced from sugar-cane that is harvested and crushed on the same day before fermenting for 24-36 hours. It is