Enjoy this fabulous (gluten-free) very rich chocolate almond cake, associated with the island of Capri.

Caribbean fruitcake, called “black cake” is incredible, nothing like the fruitcakes everybody tries to get rid of. But like all good things, they take time. In fact, you need to start in September to have these delicacies for Christmas. Here’s my black cake back story and recipe.

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