island rum cake

Name: Island Rum Cake
Cook time: 1 h
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) chopped pecans; 1 - yellow cake mix; 1 package(s) vanilla instant pudding small; 4 - eggs; 1/2 cup(s) vegetable oil; 1/2 cup(s) water; 1/2 cup(s) dark rum; ## GLAZE; 1 1/2 stick(s) butter; 1/4 cup(s) water; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1/2 cup(s) dark rum

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Adrienne May

New Castle, DE

Updated on Nov 4, 2013

A family friend used to make this at Christmas. Very good!

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cook time 1 Hr

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Ingredients

1 cup chopped pecans
1 - yellow cake mix
1 package vanilla instant pudding small
4 - eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup dark rum
GLAZE
1 1/2 sticks butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark rum

How To Make island rum cake

Step 1

preheat oven to 325

Step 2

Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly on bottom of pan.
Step 3

In large bowl, mix cake mix, eggs, pudding, oil and water together. Stir in 1/2 cup rum. Pour batter over nuts in bundt pan and bake on middle rack of oven for 1 hour.
Step 4

When cake is done, remove from oven and set on a rack to cool.
Step 5

While cake is cooling, prepare glaze: melt butter in saucepan. Add water and sugar. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Allow to cool and stir in rum.
Step 6

When cake is cool, invert onto serving plate. Prick top and sides of cake with a toothpick and drizzle glaze evenly over top of cake allowing it to soak in.
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