Good Morning everybody. This is my first e-mail. This sunday I will be leaving for Bonaire to get married, for my vacation and for my honeymoon. I'm so excited. 11/11 will be the day at 5 pm. I have lived on Bonaire so this is my second home. After the ceremony we will eat at It Rains fishes by Joep en Ed. Of course we will have bolo pretu as a wedding cake.
Oke, 3 more days te work and then I can pack!
Bonaire, here I come!!!

HOW WONDERFUL.

Tell me more about this Bolo Pretu? In West Indian islands they make Black Cake for the holidays. Months before we would soak fruit in very dark rum and let it mascerate (sp?)..then bake it with dark treacle syrup and more..hmmmmmmmmmm...where can I get some in Bonaire Rasja??

Happy nuptials..wish I could be there to watch!

Hello Ann,
About the bolo pretu. It's the same recipe as you describe. Unfortunately you can not buy bolo pretu in a supermarket or elsewhere. A local woman is making the cake for me. I think it's rather easy to make the cake yourself, surf the internet looking for 'bolo pretu' and you find a lot of recipes.

My son is marrying a West Indies girl in 5 weeks, and her relatives are bringing "black cake" from St Vincent as well as having our taditional wedding cake. New to me, but we'll learn something new!

Rasja, Congratulations! I know how it feels to get married there, we got married last june on Bonaire. Have a great day and enjoy!!

Heb je het huwelijk vanuit Nederland geregeld???

Maybe we'll meet on island. We arrive Nov. 25-th.

Who Gail..a Vincentian girl eh?? So nice..that is one cool area of the Caribbean..

I have made black cake but the work and the cost..wowowww

I use Bermuda Black Seal run (Goslings) to soak the fruit..YUMMY...

Hallo Martin,

Even in het Nederlands. Wij hebben inderdaad alles vanuit Nederland geregeld. Dat kost even wat energie maar het is wel te doen. Tevens hulp gehad van vrienden van mijn ouders en een vriendin van mij die daar wonen. Wat leuk dat jij en je vrouw daar ook getrouwd zijn. Hoe hebben jullie het geregeld en waar zijn jullie getrouwd?
Wij trouwen boven op de Seru Largu om 5 uur ’s middags dus rond zonsondergang. Vonden we wel romantisch. Daarna eten bij It rains fishes. Pas de volgende dag gaan we trouwfoto’s maken. We zijn van plan om het hele eiland rond te crossen. Hoe hebben jullie dit gedaan? Tips zijn welkom. We zullen elkaar niet zien op Bonaire want wij vertrekken de 23e november weer.

Rasja,

I'll send a private email to you.