Rum Cakes Bring You Back

After the fine local dining fades into memory, one souvenir can transport you straight back to the islands: a rich Bermuda rum cake, waiting in your cupboard for just the right occasion. The most traditional flavour would be rum and ginger — or maybe Rum Swizzle. One Bermuda company makes these and some less-traditional flavours right here on the islands. Even the rum is blended here — 80-proof Gosling's Bermuda Black Seal.

From its bakery in Royal Naval Dockyard, the Bermuda Rum Cake Company treats customers to several luscious flavours:

Traditional. This light, yellow sponge cake with a warm brown crust gives off just a little hint of vanilla.

Chocolate. The dark brown chocolate cake makes the perfect gift for any chocoholic — if you can resist the temptation yourself.

Rum and Ginger. A real Bermuda tradition: rum and ginger blend smoothly, with just a nip to warm the soul.

Rum Swizzle. Bermuda's very own blend of tropical fruits make this flavour a true reflection of the islands.

Banana. Bananas always make tasty cakes, especially when blended with Gosling's Bermuda Black Seal rum.

Coconut. This tropical fruit gets blended with Gosling's rum to create a most tantalising local flavour.

Classic Coffee. Java junkies go nuts for this nontraditional rum cake.

Cakes to take home — freshly baked and heat-sealed to stay good for three months without freezing — come in distinctive gold boxes. Graze the free samples in the bakery at Royal Naval Dockyard and in Dockside Glass at St. George's. But beware: Once tasted, these treats might displace many other souvenirs from your luggage.
(www.bermudarumcakes.com)

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