Famous Bacardi Rum Cake

Name: Famous Bacardi Rum Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
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; FOR THE GLAZE:; 1/4 lb butter; 1/4 c water; 1 c granulated sugar; 1/2 c bacardi dark rum

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

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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
FOR THE GLAZE:
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

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