Cake Recipes

Cake and Cupcake Recipes

Fabulous Rum Cake

Makes 10 to 12 servings.

Cake:
1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix or butter pecan cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup rum
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Sauce:
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup rum
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup granulated

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a tube pan or Bundt pan.

Mix all ingredients for cake together except nuts. Place nuts in bottom of pan and pour batter on top. Bake 50-55 minutes.

To make sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients together in a saucepan. Heat until boiling and allow to boil for 2-3 minutes. Pour over cake when cake is done and allow to stand for 30 minutes before serving. Place cake on serving platter.