Rum Cake with Butter Rum Glaze
Moist and delicious rum cake topped with a butter rum glaze is the perfect ending to your holiday dinner.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
- Non-stick cooking spray
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3.4 ounce box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1½ cups sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup light rum
- Butter Rum Glaze
- ½ cup 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup light rum
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Generously spray a standard 10-inch bundt pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle walnuts evenly on the bottom of bundt pan and set aside.
- In a medium bowl stir together flour, pudding mix, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer cream butter and sugar. Stir in vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract and rum.
- Gradually add in flour mixture to wet ingredients until blended. Pour batter into bundt pan on top of nuts.
- Bake in preheated oven for 55-60 minutes until cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely before inverting.
- Butter Rum Glaze
- In a small saucepan combine butter, sugar, rum and water over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook for 3-4 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Using a toothpick poke small holes all over cake. Generously brush cake with glaze. Drizzle remaining glaze on top of cake. Reserve a small amount to pour on slices when serving.