Rum Cake

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Categories: Cakes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 pkg. pudding in the mix yellow cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cooking oil
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup rum
  • Rum Sauce:
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup rum
  • 1/4 cup water

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Generously grease a large Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts on the bottom.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together the cake mix, eggs, cooking oil, water and rum for 6 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer. Pour over nuts in pan.
  3. Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  4. Prepare Rum Sauce about 10 minutes before the cake is done. When you take the cake out of the oven, pour all the sauce over cake while it is still in pan. Let sit until the sauce is well-absorbed, 20 to 30 minutes. Invert onto plate.
  5. Rum Sauce:

  6. In a saucepan, stirring constantly, bring the butter, sugar rum and water to a boil. Boil slowly for 2 minutes.

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