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Rum Cake
Submitted by Suzanne Hawley

Grease & flour bundt pan, sprinkle 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts over bottom of pan.
Mix together:
1 pkg. Yellow cake mix
1 pkg. (3 ¾ oz) instant vanilla pudding/pie filling
4 eggs
½ Cup cold water
½ Cup oil
½ Cup dark rum
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Mix all ingredients together, pour batter over nuts and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Glaze
¼ lb butter (1 stick)
¼ Cup water
1 Cup sugar

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Boil glaze ingredients 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove form heat and add ½ Cup more dark rum.

As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, leave in pan and prick top of the cake. Slowly pour glaze over cake and let it run down the insides of pan until all glaze is used. Let cake sit in pan approx. ½ hour. Slowly invert cake onto plate. Serve. This cake freezes well. It can also be divided into smaller pans. Can also be made into 2 large loaf cakes.