Rum Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
1 cup chopped pecans
1 18 oz. package yellow cake mix
1 ¾ oz. package Jell-O® Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
4 eggs
¼ cup cold water
½ cup oil
½ cup Bacardi Dark Rum (80 proof)
Ingredients (glaze)
½ margarine
¼ cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup Bacardi Dark Rum (80 proof)
Recipe
Preheat oven to 325º. Grease and flour 10-inch tube or 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate. Prick top. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until all glaze is used up.
Glaze: Melt margarine in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.
Optional: Decorate with whole maraschino cherries and border of sugar frosting or whipped cream. Serve with seedless green grapes dusted with powdered sugar.