The first, getting the fruit that has been soaking in some rum and cherry brandy for a few months for the traditional Guyanese Black Cake. Second, the special Christmas table cloth, real napkins ...

For more than 30 years, Eunice has been making the family Christmas cake - also known as the Black Cake - based on her own mother's Guyanese recipe... Eunice's recipe involves soaking dried fruit ...

Now that Guyana is an oil producer ... mashed potatoes (garlic pork is optional) and a black cake and some drinks. Here are the costs: Christmas day pepperpot breakfast (this might last about ...

The cake contains more fruit than flour ... only alcohol that makes an appearance at the Guyanese table on Christmas Eve. “Guyanese love their liquor. A lot of drinks. A lot of alcoholic ...