Serves 1
Directions
- 1Start with a yellow cake mix that you like.
- 2Add vanilla pudding mix, butter, oil, milk, vanilla, and dark rum.
- 3Mix it all together and cover your bowl to hydrate your batter for at least 15 minutes.
- 4Pre-grease a 10-cup Bundt pan and preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- 5Fold in nuts if preferred.
- 6Pour your batter into the pre-greased 10-cup Bundt pan.
- 7Bake the cake for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 8While the cake is baking, make the rum syrup by melting butter in a saucepan, stirring in sugar and water, bringing it to a boil, stirring constantly for 5 minutes, then removing from heat and stirring in rum and vanilla.
- 9As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, poke holes in the bottom and pour on half the rum syrup.
- 10After 15 minutes, invert the cake and poke holes in the top of the cake.
- 11Drizzle the remaining syrup on top and sides of the cake, or pour it back into the Bundt pan and return the cake to soak up the syrup.
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 box vanilla instant pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 0.25 cup melted butter
- 0.25 cup vegetable oil
- 0.5 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.5 cup dark rum
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 0.5 cup butter
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 0.25 cup dark rum
- 0.5 tsp vanilla
Equipment
measuring cupsievemixerplastic wrapBundt panovensaucepanspatulacake stand
Tips
- Rum cake is perfect for the holidays.
- For more rum flavor, take the cake out of the pan, pour in more syrup, and put the cake back in the pan to soak it up.
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