Delicious Rum Cake

Submitted by Dawn399

"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."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• Cake

• 1 box yellow cake mix or 1 box butter pecan cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup rum
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans

• Sauce

• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup rum
• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Grease a tube pan or bundt pan.
3. Mix all ingredients for cake together except nuts.
4. Place nuts in bottom of pan and pour batter on top.
5. Bake 50-55 minutes.
6. To make sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients together in a sauce pan.
7. Heat until boiling and allow to boil for 2-3 minutes.
8. Pour over cake when cake is done and allow to stand for 30 minutes before serving.
9. Place cake on serving platter.

Reviews

[Meri Dean]

The best rum cake I have ever had. Very easy to make. I added rum where the recipe called for water and also added a teaspoon of canola oil. Made it for friends and they all raved!

 

[Ackman]

UPDATE: I've made this Delicious Rum Cake several times since my first rating & I still can not believe how wonderful it is!!! Today, I used a Lemon Cake mix & pudding...got the idea from Lighthouse Rita...THANK YOU Rita!!! Again, I added blueberries & OMG that was even better than the original recipe!!! I only wish there was 5 more stars!!! THANKS again, for sharing!!!

 

[Pam-I-Am]

This recipe has a great method to make the cake super moist and infused with rum. Most of the other recipes I looked at didn't have this syrup to make. My cake was very moist and got better with each day. Perfect end to a meal with some vanilla ice cream on top.

 

[Jeri Hines]

I have make this numerous times for several years, and everyone always raves about it. It is very easy to make and tastes wonderful. I use Barcadi Gold. I also use half the amount of oil and the rest cinnamon applesauce. If you want it really "strong " I have even used all rum to replace the water in both places. I am making 25 individual one even as I type this updated review. They are beautiful in those small bunt pan. Spray with the baking pam and they turn out beautiful every time!!!!

 

[Lighthouse Rita]

I have made this recipe for years and it has always been a big hit. One day I only had a box of lemon cake mix with pudding. I omitted the package of pudding and made the recipe. I believe I received more compliments on the cake the the lemon cake mix. Thanks for sharing this recipe. We love it.