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Part Three

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Three Kings Day

Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, is the culmination of a month of celebration on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, a place famed for its sugar, molasses and rum. Wedding fruit cake is so dense and richly flavored that it must be served in small pieces as a memento of the event.

Wedding Fruit Cake

Place five pounds of mixed dried fruit (currants, raisins, dates, figs, prunes) in a very large bowl, and cover it with about three cups of Cruzan rum. Set this aside to macerate for two days or up to a week.

To make the cake, you will need the macerated fruit, plus:

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 pound brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup molasses

1/2 pound butter at room temperature

6 eggs

Beat the butter in a large bowl and add the sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and molasses. Add the eggs one at a time. Beat in flour and baking powder and then stir in the fruit mixture.

Pour into two or three well-greased 13”x9” baking pans. Bake in a 350°F oven for about one hour.