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Bacardi Rum Cake

Bacardi Rum Cake

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Course Cake
Cuisine American
Keyword Bacardi Rum Cake, Cakes, Food recipe
Prep Time 6 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 1 Cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 1  (18 1/2 oz.) package yellow cake mix*
  • 1 (3 3/4 oz.)  package of Jell-O  Vanilla Instant Pudding and Pie Filling Mix
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 Cup cold water
  • 1/2 Cup Wesson oil
  • 1/2 Cup Bacardi dark rum (80 proof) *If using yellow cake mix with pudding already in the mix: omit instant pudding, use 3 eggs instead of 4, and 1/3 cup oil instead of 1/2. 

Glaze:

  • 1/4  lb. butter
  • 1/4 Cup water
  • 1 Cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Barcardi dark rum (80 proof) Melt butter in saucepan.  Stir in water and sugar.  Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum. 

Instructions

Step 1

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 

Step 2

  • Grease and flour 10'" tube or 12-cup Bundt pan.  Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.  Mix all cake ingredients together.  Pour batter over nuts.  Bake 1 hour. 

Step 3

  • Cool.  Invert on serving plate.  Prick top.  Spoon and brush glaze evenly over top and sides.  Allow cake to absorb glaze.  Repeat till glaze is used up. 
  • Optional:  Decorate with border of sugar frosting or whipped cream.