To soak raisins in rum, simply place the desired amount of raisins in a bowl and cover them with your preferred rum. Allow the raisins to soak for at least 30 minutes to a few hours, depending on how much flavor you want them to absorb. For a more intense flavor, you can soak them overnight in the refrigerator. Once soaked, they can be used in baking, cooking, or as a garnish.
My husband just talked with a middle aged man that found this combination to help him immensely with rheumatism. Two cups of rum, raisins until rum just tops the raisins, soak for one week, drain the rum off and take 10 raisins a day. He is a Trapper which forces him to be quite active and says that it really works.
Sultana raisins in cake, especially fruit cake, adds another flavour to an otherwise dense cake. Also, they release the liquid you soaked them in before hand, so if you want a rum-cake, soak the raisins in rum overnight.
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The raisins are a late add-in, they don't get a chance to freeze.
A rum-soaked cake is known as a "baba." After the cake has baked and cooled it is sprinkled with rum and is allowed to soak it in before it is decorated.
It is a coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
Ladybugs eat aphids and not raisins.
A babka is an Eastern European coffee cake flavoured with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
Gin-soaked raisins are said to be good for arthritis. Purchase a box of golden raisins. Pour gin over the raisins until they reach the top. Let them soak for 10-14 days until the liquid is gone.
A black cake is a variety of Caribbean fruitcake based on plum pudding, with plums and raisins soaked in rum.
Mincemeat pies contain a mixture of finely chopped apples, raisins, spices, meat, and rum or brandy.