Ingredients
Cooking spray
All-purpose flour
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 box yellow cake mix
1 (3.4-oz.) package instant vanilla pudding
4 large eggs
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled slightly
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. dark rum
1/2 (1 stick) butter
3/4 c. granulated sugar
1/3 c. dark rum
1/4 c. water
Preparation
Step 1Preheat oven to 350° and grease and flour a bundt pan. Add chopped walnuts to bottom of pan. Step 2In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix and pudding mix. Add eggs, melted butter, water, and rum and mix until combined. Step 3Pour batter into bundt pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 1 hour. Let cool 10 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack. Step 4While cake is still warm, make glaze: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, sugar, rum, and water. Let boil for 5 minutes. Step 5Poke cake all over with a toothpick then brush cake with glaze. Let glaze soak in and repeat until you’ve used all glaze.
Popular in the Caribbean, rum cake is a vanilla cake that has rum in the batter. Traditionally, dried fruit is soaked in rum for months and then added to the cake batter, but we have a more accessible homemade version. What is the best rum for rum cake? Look for a robust rum that has lots of vanilla and spice flavor. A more subtle light rum won’t have a pronounced flavor after the cake bakes. Does rum cake get you drunk? Hah! Don’t we all wish?! We put 1/2 cup of rum in the cake batter and another 1/3 cup in the glaze, so it likely will not get you drunk after the alcohol bakes off, but it might be best to not let the kids have a taste of this :) How long does rum cake last? When tightly wrapped in foil or plastic wrap, rum cake will last up to two weeks in the fridge.
