Original Bacardi Rum Cake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare one 9 or 10 in. fluted or bundt pan; generously grease pan with some shortening and lightly dust with flour.
• 2. Sprinkle nuts on the bottom of prepared pan.
• 3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, and rum; beat with electric mixer until thoroughly mixed. Scrape sides of bowl with rubber spatula to ensure even mixing.
• 4. Spoon the batter over nuts and smooth with back of spoon.
• 5. Bake 1 hr. or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 10 min.
• 6. Remove cake from pan and place on wire rack to cool completely.
• 7. GLAZE
• 8. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Stir in water and sugar; Bring to a boil and boil for 5 min., stirring constantly so mixture does not burn. Stir in rum. Remove from heat.
• 9. Poke several holes in top of cake with a wooden skewer. Spoon warm rum glaze mix until absorbed. Continue to spoon mixture until most is absorbed.

Steps:

• Sprinkle nuts over bottom of greased 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup bundt pan.
• Stir together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and rum.
• Pour batter over nuts.
• Bake at 325 in oven for 1 hour.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan.
• Invert onto serving plate and prick top.
• Glaze-----------------.
• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Stir in water and sugar.
• Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in rum.
• Brush glaze evenly over top and sides of cake.
• Allow cake to absorb glaze.
• Repeat until glaze is used up.