Mansion House Walnut Rum Cake
Source of Recipe
Mansion House B&B and The Courtyard on Fifth St. Petersburg, Florida
List of Ingredients
Cake:
-1 cup chopped walnuts
-1 package yellow cake mix with pudding in it-(not the one that is "butter" recipe)
-3 large eggs
-1/3 cup Wesson oil (or other vegetable oil)
-1/2 cup cold water
-1/2 cup dark rum (80 proof)
Glaze:
-1 stick of butter
-1/4 cup water
-1 cup granulated sugar
-1/2 cup dark rum
Recipe
-Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
-Grease, flour a 10" tube or 12-cup bundt pan.
-Sprinkle the nuts over the bottom of the pan.
-Mix all of the cake ingredients together until wet.
-Then mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
-Pour the batter over the nuts.
-Bake for one (1) hour.
-Cool the cake on a rack and remove it from the pan after 15 minutes.
-When it is cool, invert it nuts side up, on a serving dish.
Glaze:
-Melt the butter in a sauce pan.
-Stir in the water and sugar.
-Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
-Remove from heat.
-Stir in rum.
-Prick the top of the cake with a long fork (like one used for carving).
-Spoon and brush the glaze over the top of the cake until it is absorbed.
-Repeat until it is used up.
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