Making a rum cake is a fun holiday tradition but rum soaked cake is delicious year round! I’ll show you how easy it is to make a Bacardi rum cake and a rum cake glaze. It will be a fast family favorite.
Author: Ashley
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Cake:
1 cup pecans, chopped plus additional nuts for garnish if desired
1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix
1 box (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
4 large eggs, room temperature
½ cup water
½ cup canola oil
½ cup dark rum (or light rum)
Glaze:
¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
¼ cup water
¾ cup dark rum (or light rum is fine)
Instructions
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Coat bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray and a dusting of flour
Sprinkle pecans into pan
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding, eggs, water, oil, and rum until smooth
Pour over nuts in pan, spread evenly
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
Cool in pan 15 minutes
Invert onto serving platter
Glaze:
In a small saucepan, mix together sugar, butter and water
Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, boil for 1 minute
Remove from heat, stir in rum
Pierce cake with fork
Spoon glaze over warm cake
Sprinkle with pecans if desired
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/christmas-rum-cake/