bacardi rum cake

19 Pinches
Grapeview, WA
Updated on Sep 22, 2015

From It's Cookin' In The Bahamas - Favourite Bahamian and International Recipes.

prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake
yield 1 cake

Ingredients

  • CAKE:
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 18 1/2-oz packages yellow cake mix
  • 3 3/4-oz packages instant pudding mix (vanilla)
  • 4 - eggs
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup corn oil
  • 1/2 cup bacardi dark rum
  • GLAZE:
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup bacardi dark rum

How To Make bacardi rum cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or 12-cup bundt pan.
  • Step 2
    Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
  • Step 3
    Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts. Bake for 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate.
  • Step 4
    Prick top. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is used up.
  • Step 5
    For Glaze: melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.
  • Step 6
    Optional: Decorate with whole maraschino cherries and border of sugar frosting or whipped cream. Serve with seedless green grapes dusted with powdered sugar. Makes one tube or bundt cake.

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Category: Cakes
Method: Bake
Culture: Caribbean
Ingredient: Flour

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