Aunt Esther's Secret Rum Cake Recipe
photo by VivaLaVaites
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 slice
- Serves:
- 14
ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 3 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons rum extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 300. Grease tube pan with removable bottom. Add a ring of wax paper to bottom of pan to ease release after cooking.
- Beat butter and sugar thoroughly. Add yolks.
- In another bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.
- Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to butter mixture.
- Add extracts and rum, if desired.
- In separate chilled bowl, beat whites to stiff peaks.
- Fold whites into batter.
- Spoon into pan.
- Coat top with additional sugar.
- Bake at 300 for 1.5 to 2 hours until cake tester comes out clean.
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