Oasis Marigot's Ocean Cottage

Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies

Specialty Recipe

Marigot Bay Fruit Cake with Tropical Icing

Ingredients - Fruit Cake:

1/2 cup butter

1-1/2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup mashed banana

1 grated coconut

1-1/2 cups wheat flour

3/4 cup white flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup yogurt or buttermilk

Ingredients - Tropical Icing:

3 ounces cream cheese

4 teaspoons milk

1 pound confectioners sugar

2 Tablespoons of Cointreau

1 teaspoon lime juice

Grated lime peel (zest)

Fruit Cake: Cream butter and sugar in large bowl. Beat in eggs. Add fruit. Combine dry ingredients and add to first mixture alternately with milk and vanilla. Stir until smooth after each addition. Bake in two greased and floured nine-inch round pans at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for five minutes before removing from pan. When completely cold, frost with Tropical Icing.

Tropical Icing: Combine cheese and milk. Gradually add sugar and other ingredients until the correct consistency is obtained and drizzle over fruit cake.

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