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Rum Cake
 
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
Ready In: 85 Minutes
Servings: 12
This is my family favorite.
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans
1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (3 3/4 ounce) package vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup bacardi dark rum (80 proof )
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup bacardi dark rum (80 proof )
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour 10-inch tube or 12-cup Bundt pan.
3. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
4. Mix all cake ingredients together.
5. Pour batter over nuts.
6. Bake 1 hour.
7. Cool; invert onto serving plate. Prick top with fork.
8. Spoon and brush glaze evenly over top and sides.
9. Glaze:.
10. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar.
11. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, and remove from heat.
12. Stir in rum. You may decorate with whipped cream before serving.
13. ** If using yellow cake mix with pudding already in the mix, omit the instant pudding, using 3 eggs instead of 4 and 1/3 cup oil instead of 1/2.
14. ** I also bake this cake 3 to 4 days ahead of time.***.
By RecipeOfHealth.com