Famous Bacardi Rum Cake

By Tracey Frink
@Tracey25

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:

15 Min

Cook:

1 Hr

Ingredients

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

How to Make Famous Bacardi Rum Cake

Step-by-Step

1Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10" tube or 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
2Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts.
3Bake 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate.
4Prick top. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is used up.
5For glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.