Jamaican Easter Spice Bun
Jamaican Easter Spice Bun — Highly Spiced Jamaican bread, soft, tender studded with raisins and fruits. Absolutely delightful anytime!
This is the time of the year, when Christians abstain from meat and flock towards bread and meat-free goods. I am happy to say I’m one of those Christians. Growing up, during the Lenten Season, especially on Fridays we would only eat bread and water until sunset. Hot cross buns were only reserved for Good Friday and my siblings and I waited for them impatiently. It was the highlight of our Lenten Season.
Gosh! I miss those days… I always do have a fondness for spicy bread — this Jamaican Spice Bun is no exception. The good thing is it’s eaten year round. However, the Easter Spice Buns are made extra special- sweeter, and studded with dried fruit for the Lenten Season and especially on Good Friday. This is the Jamaican sweeter take on the ever popular hot cross bun.
You can find as many different adaptions to the classic recipe as there are cooks – made with or without yeast. I’m ashamed to say I totally went overboard – trying out different variations and they are all worth making at home.
My preferred version has a modern twist to it — Guinness — substituting the liquid ingredients of milk for something a little tastier… Guinness Stout. Giving it an incredibly rich brown color. This one below is sans – without Guinness.
This is made with half Guinness and half milk.
For those that have never baked with Guinness I think you are in for a treat! Guinness contains a lot of complex flavors and definitely adds depth of flavor to baked goods with mild notes of cocoa and a strong malt flavor- making this bread truly unique and delightful. This amazing bread takes about 15 minutes to prep and is studded with raisins dried fruit. And wonderfully fragrant spices from nutmeg, cinnamon allspice, together with molasses and browning sauce. Yes! Quite a flavorful bread – sure to tantalize your taste buds.
Traditionally, this is served with hard cheese or you can make a cheese sandwich.
Notes
- Browning is a Caribbean Sauce that is used to darken sauces, stews, or meat and even baked goods. If this is too dark for your liking then you might want to cut back on the browning – or eliminate completely.
Looking for a light airy Hot Cross Bun then check this out!
Hot Cross Buns Recipe
Enjoy!!!!
Watch How To Make It
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Jamaican Easter Spiced Bun
Ingredients
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (or 50 grams)
- ¼ cup honey (or 85 grams)
- 1 teaspoon browning.
- ½ Tablespoon Molasses
- 1- teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup Guinness Stout
- 1 egg
- 1- cup dried fruits cherries, raisin
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/2- tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 1/2 Teaspoon spice combination Nutmeg- (3/4 teaspoon), Cinnamon ( 1 teaspoon) and ( 3/4 teaspoon) all spice)
- 1 cup cherries optional to top bun
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray; set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the following ingredients: brown sugar, granulated sugar, honey, browning, Molasses, vanilla, melted butter Guinness Stout and egg
- In another bowl combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon allspice and salt, lightly mix. Then throw in the dried fruits
- Then combine wet and dry ingredients until thoroughly
- Scrape down sides.
- Pour mixture into prepared loaf pan , add cherries on top if desired – bake for about 60-75 minutes or until a tooth inserted comes out clean.
- Let it cool before slicing.
Nutrition Information:
I was wondering can we bake it in cupcake size and what um would you recommend for time and temperature of oven?
Hi Nicole. I have never tried this recipe as a cupcake recipe, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Bake it at 350°F for 15 – 20 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Hope this helps!
What about using Dark Jamaican Rum instead of Guiness>
Hi Leo. I don’t think that would work for this recipe as the alcoholic percentage and texture are very different.
My Jamaican husband and all his siblings have given raving reviews on many occasions as I discovered, tried, and stuck with your recipe! I make this bun for my husband often since it’s so popular I never felt the need to try another. Thank you so much!
Hi Natalie, thanks so much for your kind words. It makes me super happy when my recipes are a hit:)
What can i use in place of Guinness Stout? Something non alcoholic
Guinness 0.0 is non-alcoholic version of the Stout, and it’s supposed to taste about the same. But honestly, I think your fave non-alcoholic beer should work.
Great recipe, fam loved it!
Oh great to hear that. Thank you so much!
This recipe is DELICIOUS! I made this for my Jamaican boyfriend this Easter and he was so excited about it he sent pictures to his mom and said it was better than the kind he ate back home. It was so nice to see the pure joy on his face when he took a bite & we’re going to be using this recipe every year. Thank you!!
Oh my god, thank you so much for such warm feedback. Happy Easter and have wonderful life with my recipes 🙂
This recipe is super! I’ve used it several times. So accurate to give an excellent Jamaican experience.
Thank you:) There’s more to come, so stay tuned
Hi, what size loaf pan do I need ?
A standard loaf pan is 5″x9″ or 8.5″x4.5″. Either one should work for this recipe. Hope that helps:)
This is the real thing! The Easter bun I remember from childhood in Jamaica! Cool overnight for best flavor and enjoy with butter or orange cheese.
Thank you:) There’s more to come, so stay tuned
This recipe is easy to make and delicious! I made it for my Jamaican husband as it’s hard for us to find Spice bun where we live and it’s expensive to order. He was surprised and delighted. (I’m American lol) Thank you for this recipe!
Amazing to hear your story. We have so many other Jamaican recipes which can help to amaze and surprise your husband. I must say to try those for sure. Thanks for your love!!!
Your recipe was so easy to follow, I will definitely check out your other Jamaican recipes!! Thank you! ❤️
Thank you Shannon. Much Love!
Easy to make and taste good
Great! Thanks so much
I am about to make this can I leave out the egg
Alright, Share your experience once you try. I am sure it would be great. Thank you
This cake is so yummy. A great alternative to hot cross buns. My Carribean friends were talking about Easter bun so I thought I would look it up.
Yeah, that would be a great fit for easter. Cheers!!!
i love this recipe and is so easy. Thank you for sharing
Amazing to hear about your experience!!! Thank you
Hello, I really wanna try this for Easter, but I’m in Portugal and I would like to know if it can be done without “Browning” sauce. Thank you!
Yes it can.
Best recipe for Jamaican spiced Bun I have found. The finished product taste just like the bun I grew up eating.
Note. I used 1/2 cup of Holiday Fruit(Co.Paradise)1/4 cup raisins. I added Cherries to top like the picture. I also glazed it.( glaze 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup water simmer until glaze consistency) brush on top of bun and return to oven about 3to 5 minutes.
Thank you for stopping by, Chelsie, and for sharing your method. I’m glad you like this.
This was my 2nd attempt (your recipe was the 2nd) and better choice. I’m Dominican and my husband was raised in a Jamaican household. He loved it !
Woohoo! Thank you so much, Shiv! 🙂
I made this and it came out perfect
Yay! Glad to know, Fleur! Thank you for making this 🙂
This recipe was so easy to make and my bun was amazing. everyone loved it! Thank you so much.
Thank you, Marcia!
I tried this recipe and enjoyed the delicious bun.
Thank you, Bernice!
Seriously love, love, love this recipe!!!! Simple & easy to follow with the scrumdeliocious reward and the end. Tried this recipe for the first time on Good Friday, multiplied the ingredients by 4 so that i could share with family. My new favourite Spiced bun recipe. THANK YOU IMMACULATE BITES!!!!!!!
And thank YOU, Simone!!