Alcoholic Caribbean Desserts

With the summer season coming in, we all need some mouth-watering and cool desserts to finish off our meals on a high note. What can be better than a dessert? A dessert with a dash of alcohol. The Caribbean is known for coconut rum, brandy and other alcohols. On the other hand, numerous delicious desserts can be made with an interesting combination of sugary ingredients and boozy drinks.

Here, we will discuss 5 such desserts that are spiked with alcohol to quench your Caribbean vibes and set the mood right.

Jamaican Rum Cake

A simple yet naughty cake. It’s a lovely yellow colored cake with a moist and tender crumb. The exquisite combination of sugar, butter, and batter soaked in rum with leave you with a strong hit. The rum syrup will surely leave you hooked after a couple of bites. It will take around the same time it takes to bake any other cake but the results are better.

Caribbean Christmas Cake

This dessert is not as innocent as it sounds and it is not for children. The delicious combination of dark rum and brown sugar gives the name ‘Black cake’ to it. It is a fruity and rum-soaked nutty cake that promises to leave your mouth exploding with flavors. Make sure to bake the cake for the appropriate time so that the flavor of rum is incorporated evenly.

Guava Duff

Duff is a sweet dessert coming from the Bahamas which consist of a dough filled with fruits (Guava in this case). It is served with a sauce made with sugar, butter and rum or brandy. It will take more than an hour to make it but it will surely be worth the effort. Guava duff is a lesser-known dessert around the world. The dish is either boiled or steamed before serving it with the boozy rum-induced sauce.

Easy Bananas Flambe

This is the easiest dessert on this list. A classic banana dessert that is finished off with flamed rum makes an interesting presentation and impression. It will take less than 30 minutes to make this amazing and tasty dessert. All the ingredients are homemade which makes it further easier to make it anytime you like.

These spiked desserts are perfect for all kinds of occasions. The detailed recipes of these 5 mouth-watering boozy desserts are mentioned henceforth. 

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Jamaican Rum Cake

Ingredients:

1 (18 1/2-ounce) box yellow cake mix

1 box French vanilla instant pudding mix

4 large eggs (room temperature)

Half a cup water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

About 1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum

For the glaze:

4 ounces butter

1/4 cup water

1 cup pure cane sugar

1/2-cup Bacardi dark rum

Steps for the cake:

• Gather the ingredients and Pre-heat the oven to 325 F. Thoroughly grease a Bundt pan and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, and 1/2 cup dark rum. Mix by hand or an electric mixer until the batter is smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 hour. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 20 minutes. Invert the cake and let it cool completely.
• Transfer the cooled cake to a serving platter. Using a toothpick, prick the top of the cake to form small holes that will absorb the rum glaze.

Steps for Glaze:

• In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter.
• Whisk in the water and sugar.
• Slowly bring the sugar and butter mixture to a light boil and cook for 5 minutes while constantly stirring.
• Remove the sugar mixture from the heat and stir in the rum and Allow the glaze to cool slightly before glazing the cake.
• Drizzle and smooth some of the glazes over the top and sides of the cake. Allow the cake to absorb the glaze and then repeat until the glaze is gone.
• Serve the rum cake as is or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of freshly whipped heavy cream.

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Caribbean Christmas Cake

Ingredients:

1 pounds dried fruits

1 cup strong rum

10-ounce unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

5 large eggs

2 ¼ cup flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

3 tablespoons browning

2 tablespoons molasses

1 teaspoon all-spice

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons grated Lime

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

• Start by chopping all the fruits into little chunks, then place them in a large bowl.
• Pour rum and wine in the bowl of fruit, add enough alcohol to cover fruits. Cover and leave it for 2 days so it soaks up the alcohol.
• Pour the soaked fruit together with any remaining juices into a blender and blend until it’s a paste-like consistency.
• Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F. Grease the cake tin with baking parchment.
• Cream together the butter and sugar at high speed until it’s fluffy and starting to look white, about 3- 5 minutes.
• Stir in the eggs, one at a time, beating the mixture well and adding a tablespoon of the flour with the last egg to prevent the batter from curdling.
• Sift in the flour, baking powder, followed by browning, molasses, almond and vanilla extract, mixed spice, and nutmeg. Mix the batter and add the fruit blend and lime zest.
• Stir well until everything is fully combined. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl.
• Pour batter into a greased 10-inch cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 2 hours.
• If desired, poke the cake with a toothpick, then brush each with about ¼ cup rum or sweet wine while the cake is still hot. Let the cake soak up the rum.
• Let it cool completely before serving.

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Guava Duff

Ingredients-

12 -15 large guavas

3 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1⁄4 cup sugar

About 1⁄4 cup butter

2 eggs, separated

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

 1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup butter

2 egg whites

1 tablespoon rum

Steps:

• Peel and core guavas. Rub cores through a sieve to obtain some of the pulp, and mix with cut-up guavas. Add sugar to taste.
• Beat butter, Crisco with sugar, then beat in egg yokes.
• Sieve flour, baking powder, and salt and fold into butter/egg mixture. Add vanilla.
• Divide dough into 3 balls. Refrigerate 1/2 hour until firm.
• Spread out each of the balls on a piece of foil; cover with Guava. Starting at one end, fold into a roll.
• Cover with foil, place in baking bag, and seal. Boil 1 hour in a large pot with hot water. Slice and serve warm with Sauce.
• FOR SAUCE: Beat egg whites in the dish until foamy. Cream butter and sugar in a separate dish until the sugar has dissolved. Gradually add egg whites, vanilla and continue beating till smooth.
• Add the sauce on warm Guava Duff when serving.

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Easy Bananas Flambe

Ingredients:

2 bananas

2 tablespoons sunflower oil

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup white rum

Juice from 1 lime

Serving suggestion: Vanilla Ice Cream

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients and Peel and halve each banana lengthwise.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
• Brown the bananas for 5 minutes on each side.
• Add the sugar and pour in the rum.
• Cook for 2 minutes.
• Flambé and Sprinkle with lime juice and serve at once with vanilla ice cream as per your desire.