Uncle Tommy's (and now Mom's) Famous Bacardi Rum Cake
Makes:
12-14 servings
Total Time:
1 hr 30 min
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Category:
Desserts
Sub Category: Cakes
what you need
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 pkg. (18 1/2 oz.) Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
- 1 pkg. (3 3/4 oz.) instant vanilla pudding
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup Wesson oil
- 1/2 cup Bacardi rum (preferably white)
- GLAZE:
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup Bacardi rum
make it
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup Bundt cake pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. Mix all ingredients together and pour over nuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes.
Prick cake. Drizzle smooth glaze evenly over top. Allow cake to absorb glaze for 25 min. Repeat until all glaze is used. Invert onto platter and enjoy!
GLAZE:
Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
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