“You should have started months ago. You remember. This is a cake that requires your attention, your respect and, most importantly, your time.” These were my mother’s parting words to me when I told ...

Kathy Ann Paul shows off one of her first Christmas black cakes of the season at her Trinidadian restaurant-bakery Sweet Hand Kathy in Miami Gardens. This story was first published on Dec. 17, 2018.

When he was growing up in Guyana, baker Kyle De’Armond was intrigued by the idea of Caribbean black cake in the way of all small children who want what they’re not allowed to have. He watched as his ...

"Christmas in Jamaica isn't Christmas without fruitcake," says Gloria Jenkins, a retired nurse living in Bogota, Bergen County. She should know -- she was born in Montego Bay and grew up in Kingston.

Although Jamaica is an island that has never seen snow, and its houses are designed without chimneys, Christmas season in Jamaica is the most festive time of the year. The season is celebrated with ...