Jamaican Easter Bun

5 from 1 vote

This flavorful Jamaican Easter bun is moist, sweet and filled with warming spices making it the perfect addition to any Easter menu. The main ingredients include flour, eggs, honey, Guinness, molasses, browning and raisins. Serve with hard cheese for a complete traditional Jamaican Easter treat.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Breakfast, brunch, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: Jamaican

Servings: people

Calories: 462kcal

Author: Jen Sim

Equipment

2Ib loaf tin

Ingredients

300 g All-purpose flour
1.5 teaspoon Baking powder
¾ teaspoon Cinnamon powder
¾ teaspoon nutmeg
¾ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon salt
500 ml Guinness
1 tablespoon Molasses
2.5 tablespoon Honey
125 g Brown Sugar
1.25 tablespoon Browning
0.5 teaspoon vanilla
1 Egg
3 tablespoon butter melted and cooled
1 cup Raisins
Glazed cherries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170C/340F. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder, nutmeg, and salt to a bowl. Whisk until well combined.
Prepare the wet ingredients. Pour Guinness, molasses, honey and browning, vanilla essence, brown sugar, and melted butter, into a separate bowl and stir until well combined. The brown sugar granules should have disappeared. Next, add the raisins and stir again. Set aside.
Add half of the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir. Then add the remaining flour mixture and stir. Make sure the bun batter is mixed well.
Pour the Jamaican bun batter into a greased or lined loaf tin and bake for 60-70 minutes or until done.

Notes

Sugar: Allow the sugar granules to disappear completely when mixing wet ingredients. The wet mixture should be smooth once you have finished mixing.

Alternatives: Some variations of the Jamaican bun include guava jam, orange zest, lime zest and more.

Alcohol-free: To make an alcohol-free Jamaican bun add malt instead of Guinness.

500 ml Guinness: 175 Calories.

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