island plunder rum cake

Marion, NC
Updated on Jul 17, 2013

A friend's recipe.

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Ingredients

  • - 1 cup pecans, chopped
  • - 15 1/4 ounce box yellow cake mix
  • - 3 1/2 ounce box instant vanilla pudding
  • - 1/3 cup canned peaches, drained
  • - 2 eggs
  • - 1 1/2 cups cold water
  • - 1/2 cup canola oil
  • - 1/2 cup rum
  • - 2 tablespoons crystallized ginger *you may use ground ginger in place of crystallized ginger in the cake mixture, but use ½ amount.
  • - 2 tablespoons golden raisins
  • - 2 tablespoons coconut flakes
  • GLAZE
  • - 1/4 cup honey
  • - 1/4 lb butter
  • - 1/4 cup water
  • - 1/2 cup rum
  • - 1 lime, zest of

How To Make island plunder rum cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray bundt pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle in chopped pecans. Set aside.
  • Step 2
    Using a blender, pulse peaches until liquid. Mix all cake ingredients together including peaches, except raisins. Pour mixture into bundt pan. Add golden raisins, distributing evenly.
  • Step 3
    Bake for 1 hour. Test with toothpick. If inserted toothpick comes out clean, your cake is done. Cool for ½ hour.
  • Step 4
    Invert on a cake plate. Remove from pan. Poke holes in cake using a fork. Pour glaze equally over the cake to distribute.
  • Step 5
    For glaze: Melt butter in pan. Stir in water and sugar. Stir in rum. Add honey and boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add zest of one lime.

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