How To Make A Rum Cake With Yellow Cake Mix

Y'all, it'south the holidays. Despite the fact that my brain tin can't process that fact, they're here. And sometimes around this fourth dimension nosotros demand something piece of cake. (Actually, I need something easy about of the time, just I digress.)

Say no more than. Southern Bite to the rescue! This super easy Rum Cake is the perfect easy vacation recipe. I found it in an old customs cookbook years ago and have been using it e'er since. It starts equally a cake mix, but ends up in rum cake perfection.

What really makes this delicious, equally with any rum cake, is the succulent rum glaze. Just somehow, it's not too rummy. I mean, if rummy block is your thing, you could ever add more rum to make it, you know, more… rummy. Simply that'due south up to you.

Simply this one isn't too rummy and just has some seriously peachy flavour. And then there'south pecans. Ah, pecans. It seems like so many of my recipe involve pecans. And for good reason. But, yes. You can use walnuts too. 🙂

So, if you need a delicious bootleg gift for someone (or just a great tasting block for yourself), this Cake Mix Rum Cake might be just the ticket. Y'all bask!

Cake Mix Rum Cake

Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time i hr

Total Fourth dimension i hour 15 mins

Servings: 8 to ten

one cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 (15.25-ounce) box yellowish cake mix
one (3.4-ounce) parcel vanilla instant pudding mix
four eggs
1/2 loving cup vegetable oil
1/ii cup water
1/2 loving cup white rum

For the glaze:

1/two cup butter
1 cup carbohydrate
1/4 cup water
one/2 cup white rum

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a Bundt pan with at least a x-cup chapters. Sprinkle the pecans in the lesser of the pan.
With a mixer, mix together the block mix, pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, water, and rum. Go along mixing until well combined. Pour the batter over the pecans.
Bake for 50 to sixty minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre role of the block comes out make clean and the cake starts to pull abroad from the edges of the pan.
Make the glaze past combining the butter, sugar, and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil then remove from the heat. Stir in the rum. Pour over the warm cake while information technology is nevertheless in the pan. Let the cake to cool earlier removing from the pan.

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