Rum Cake

Submitted by boone429

"This is my family favorite."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 Bundt cake
• Serves: 4-12

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 )

• Glaze

• 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.***.