Process fruit one by one and place in a bowl. Add rum, ginger, peel and spices, mix and set aside for 24 hours to 2 weeks.
Cake Prep:
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl and mix with a fork. Make a well in the center and add eggs, oil, prepared fruit, bananas and cashews. Mix with machine or by hand for about 1 minute.
Pour into a buttered and floured pan, whose bottom has been lined with waxed or parchment paper.
Bake in a preheated 320°F oven, in a baking pan with about one inch of water or Bain Marie, for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Turn the oven off. Leave cake in the oven for 10 more minutes. Remove cake from the oven allow to cool about 20 minutes and unmold.
Chef Pachi
