This Rum Cake Recipe Will Become A Seasonal Favorite – It Is at Our House!

‘Tis the Season to bake and this rum cake recipe has become my annual tribute to my Dad.

Every Christmas morning rum cake would be on the table at our house and Dad would make certain that his seat was right in front of it.

I use a silicone bundt pan that is shaped like a cathedral and this cake just pops right out of it. Here is a tip, be certain to coat your pan with both cooking spray with flour.  Our recipe comes together quickly and looks so decadent when finished. The best part, is that it is delicious.

Rum Cake Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 box of vanilla instant pudding mix (3.4 oz – regular size box – 4 servings)
• 1/2 Cup  light rum (I can get a little heavy handed with this.)
• 1/2 C vegetable oil
• 1/2 C water
• 4 eggs

Glaze Ingredients:

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup light rum (maybe a smidgen more)
• 1/4 cup water

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Spray a 12 cup bundt pan or (2) 6 Bundtlette pans with cooking spray and then flour. TIP: cooking spray alone is not enough. Dust the spray with flour to make for a perfect looking cake!
3. Sprinkle chopped pecans over bottom of pan.
4. Stir cake mix and pudding mix and stir together in a large mixing bowl. Next, add rum, water, oil and eggs. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer.
5. Pour cake batter over nuts and bake for 45-50 minutes. Making the smaller cakes? Spoon batter evenly into each pan (about 2/3 cup each) and bake for 20 minutes.
6. With about 5 minutes left, prepare the glaze.

Making the Glaze:

1. Place the sugar, butter, rum and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Stirring occasionally to keep from burning.
2. Remove the cake from the oven and slowly spoon the glaze onto the hot cake. Keep doing this until all the glaze has been absorbed into the cake Use ALL the glaze, it will get absorbed as the cake cools.
3. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 30 minutes.
4. ‘Unmold’ the cake and let if finish cooling on a wire rack.