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"The perfect summer dessert. Not your ordinary strawberry shortcake!"

Ingredients: cream cheese, fresh strawberries...

"Not sure where the recipe is originally from, but it is very intoxicating. Great for a Carribean or Tropical theme...Good for potlucks (not church or job related ones). Best if made the day before and refrigerated. Guessed on prep time and servings...depends on how big you slice the bundt cake and how long you wait between applications of the glaze."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"While in the Keys, we sampled some rum cake. Delicious! Luckily, I found a cookbook with some famous Key West Recipes in it and here was the Rum Cake recipe."

Ingredients: eggs, instant vanilla pudding...

"This recipe was given to me years ago. I like to take it to potluck and parties. It's really simple to make and everyone enjoys it."

Ingredients: egg whites, eggs...

"I have never made this recipe; posted in response to a request. I worked with a woman from Guyana many years ago, and she brought a Black Cake to a Christmas party one year; it was fabulous!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, dark rum...

"This recipes comes from Pischke's in Scottsdale -- a one of a kind restaurant!
Simple yet very tasty!"

Ingredients: dark rum, eggs, sugar...

"My mom clipped this out of some magazine eons ago and it was one of the first things I ever learned to bake as a girl. It is still a trusted stand-by for unexpected guests or when I just want something easy and sweet. No mixer and no frosting needed! Great when you first bake it, even better the next day. I usually use 2 bananas, but sometimes use 3..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, crushed pineapple...

"Oh, the weather outside is frightful, But the kitchen smells delightful, I'm cooking something tropical, Let it snow, Let it Snow, Let it snow This is my son's favorite birthday cake and his birthday is in December, which is not a month you usually make a tropical summer dessert in. Which is why like us, you may just get the urge to go hang..."

Ingredients: coconut, crushed pineapple...

"This delicious and decadent cake has a firm texture, closer to a bar/brownie. It was created for the Ready Set Cook #8 contest. To enjoy the full flavor of the spices and rum, make a day ahead and refrigerate overnight. Best served cold."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, dark rum...

"If you like banana and peanut-butter sandwiches, you'll love this jam and peanut-butter on a sandwich! (Recipe courtesy: Elizabeth Barcelo)"

Ingredients: fresh lime juice, sugar, water...

"We vacationed in the Bahamas last spring and were impressed with their local rum cakes. Taste the flavor of the islands in this dessert."

Ingredients: eggs, sweetened flaked coconut...

"2003 Southern Living Cookoff Cookbook. Cooking (passive) time includes 8 hrs to chill."

Ingredients: dark rum, eggs, cocoa...

"Here is a popular dessert in my family. It comes from Naparima Girls' High School cook book. The original calls for almonds which I found to be rather bland. I loved it with brazil nuts. I have also substituted walnuts as it's not everyday I come by brazil nuts. Use which ever are your favourite. The next time I make this I plan to use caramelized..."

Ingredients: brazil nuts, eggs, icing sugar...

"This is my favorite coconut cake recipe. What makes it so delicious and unusual is the frosting. It is made in a very different manner and isn't ultra-sweet. Just yummy. I think this recipe appeared in the Columbus Dispatch when they posted award-winning recipes from the Ohio State Fair. I can see why it could have walked away with a blue..."

Ingredients: coconut extract, confectioners' sugar...