Jamaican Spice Bun Recipe

Name: Jamaican Spice Bun Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 29 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 380g All purpose flour; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 large Egg; 150g Brown Sugar; 250g Beer; 1/3 cup Milk; 1/4 cup Honey; 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter; 1 tablespoon Molasses; 1 tsp Caramelized Sugar Sauce; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1/2 cup Dried cranberries; 1/2 cup Raisins; 1/2 cup Dried Cherries

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Dessert recipe with Jamaican flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 66 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 44 min total

380g All Purpose Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Salt
1 large Egg
150g Brown Sugar
250g Beer
1/3 cup Milk
1/4 cup Honey
4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 tablespoon Molasses
1 tsp Caramelized Sugar Sauce
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Dried Cranberries
1/2 cup Raisins
1/2 cup Dried Cherries

Step-by-step instructions

Soak the craisins, raisins, and cherries in the 1 cup of beer. Set aside and allow to soak for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease an 8x4 loaf pan. Set aside.
Combine all-purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, salt, in a large bowl and set aside.
In another bowl, combine brown sugar, egg, milk, honey, melted butter, molasses, browning, vanilla extract, and the beer that’s soaking the fruit. Do not pour the fruit in at this time, just the beer. Mix to combine.
Remove 2 tablespoon of flour from the flour mixture and toss the fruit in it. Set aside.
Make a well in the middle of the bowl of dry ingredients and pour in wet mixture, stirring until fully combined. And the fruits to the mixture and stir until incpororated.
Pour mixture into prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then move to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Serve with slices of cheddar cheese.

Why this works on a weeknight

Jamaican Spice Bun Recipe lands at about 44 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Sweet Finishes collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Jamaican Spice Bun Recipe actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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