Rum Cake Recipe – Eats Now

Name: Rum Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Baking & Desserts
Ingredients: 1 box Yellow cake mix; 1 box 3.5 oz vanilla pudding mix, instant; 4 large Eggs; 1/2 cup Milk; 1/2 cup Canola Oil; 1/2 cup Rum; 1 cup Pecans, chopped; 3 tbsp Light Brown Sugar; 1 stick Butter; 1/4 cup Water; 1 1/2 cup Sugar; 1/2 cup Rum

Servings: persons

1 box Yellow cake mix
1 box 3.5 oz vanilla pudding mix, instant
4 large Eggs
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Canola Oil
1/2 cup Rum
1 cup Pecans, chopped
3 tbsp Light Brown Sugar
1 stick Butter
1/4 cup Water
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Rum

1
Grease and flour bundt cake pan.
2
Preheat oven to 325AF.
3
Sprinkle pecans in bottom of bundt pan.
4
Sprinkle brown sugar over pecans.
5
Mix the cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, oil, milk, and rum until smooth.
6
Pour cake mix on tip of pecans and brown sugar.
7
Smooth the top.
8
Bake 50 to 60 minutes.
9
While cake is baking, make the glaze.
10
Starting with the butter, sugar, water in a medium saucepan.
11
Bring glaze mixture to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
12
Stir constantly.
13
Remove pan from heat and add rum.
14
Stir in rum and reheat 1 minute on the stove.
15
When cake is done, use a fork to gently poke holes in the cake.
16
Drizzle about 1/3 of glaze on top of the cake while it is in the pan.
17
Let rest for 10 minutes in the pan.
18
Invert the cake onto a serving plate and poke small holes in the top of the cake with a folk, gently.
19
Slowly drizzle the remaining glaze over the cake.
20
Wait a minute between applications to let the glaze soak in.
21
Allow to cool to room temperature before serving to let glaze soak in.

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 12 ingredients. The key ingredients include: 1 box Yellow cake mix, 1 box 3.5 oz vanilla pudding mix, instant, 4 large Eggs, 1/2 cup Milk, and more.

Yes, Rum Cake falls under the Baking & Desserts category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3–5 days. For longer storage, freeze for up to 3 months — no need to refrigerate or reheat.

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