famous bacardi rum cake

Name: Famous Bacardi Rum Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) chopped pecans or walnuts; 18 1/2 ounce(s) pkg. yellow cake mix (betty crocker super moist works well); 3 3/4 ounce(s) pkg. jell-o vanilla instant pudding and pie filling; 4 - eggs; 1/2 cup(s) cold water; 1/2 cup(s) wesson oil; 1/2 cup(s) bacardi dark rum; ## FOR THE GLAZE:; 1/4 pound(s) butter; 1/4 cup(s) water; 1 cup(s) granulated sugar; 1/2 cup(s) bacardi dark rum

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Tracey Frink

Randolph Center, VT

Updated on Aug 16, 2012

My mother found this in a Bacardi recipe book sometime in the mid 1980s. It has been a favorite ever since. We tend to make this without the glaze. Personal preference.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

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Ingredients

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
18 1/2 ounces pkg. yellow cake mix (betty crocker super moist works well)
3 3/4 ounces pkg. jell-o vanilla instant pudding and pie filling
4 - eggs
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup wesson oil
1/2 cup bacardi dark rum
FOR THE GLAZE:
1/4 pound butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup bacardi dark rum

How To Make famous bacardi rum cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10" tube or 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.

Step 2

Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts.
Step 3

Bake 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 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.
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