recipe for tradional caribbean black cake and a good rum cake?

Answer 1

Rum Cake

cake batter
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package golden cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 cup light rum
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
hot rum glaze
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup light rum
1/2 cup water

Preheat oven to 325.
Grease and flour a bunt pan.
Crumble the nuts into the bottom of the pan.
In a mixer, or by hand, mix the cake mix with the pudding, rum, water, oil, and eggs.
Pour cake batter over the nuts.
Bake for one hour in the middle of the oven.
While the cake is baking, make the glaze by melting the butter, water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring.
Allow to cool and stir in rum.
Remove cake from oven and allow to cool, then turn out onto a serving plate.
Prick the top of the cake and drizzle the glaze over the top.
Let soak for at least 20 minutes
Serve.

Answer 2

THE EASY RUM CAKE (Submitted by Peter Wulfeck) SERVES 16 Peter writes: "This is a very easy to prepare cake. It's delicious and quite popular with my friends and relatives." INGREDIENTS THE CAKE 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 1 package, 2 layer, yellow cake mix 1 package, 4 serving size, instant vanilla pudding 4 eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup water 3/4 cup dark rum (Meyers is best) THE GLAZE 1/4 cup butter 3 tablespoons water 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup rum Heat oven to 350° F. Generously grease and lightly flour a 10-inch tube pan or 12-inch bundt pan. Sprinkle the nuts over the bottom of the pan. Mix the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, and rum in large mixing bowl. Pour this mixture over the nuts in the pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool about 15 minutes on a wire rack. Meanwhile prepare the glaze. Melt butter in small saucepan and then stir in the water and sugar. Heat for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly. Do Not Boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum and mix well. Invert the cake on a serving plate that has a lip. Use an ice pick, skewer, or similar device and prick the top and sides of the cake. Slowly drizzle the glaze over the cake allowing time for the cake to absorb the glaze, at least four hours.

Answer 3

Black Cake can be found in the book Visions of Sugarplums by Mimi Sheraton, or in Southern Living Magazine. Rum cake from Joy of Cooking is the best.

Answer 4

Here are a couple recipes from recipezaar:


For black cake:
http://www.recipezaar.com/73302 - very well reviewed

http://www.recipezaar.com/139930 - this one can be coated in marzipan and royal icing - has no review

For rum cake:

Check recipezaar if this recipe doesn't look like it has the right ingredients (it looked fine to me, but I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for), but it was the only one that didn't include the use of a packaged cake mix and packaged pudding mix:

http://www.recipezaar.com/99889

Enjoy!

Answer 5

Yum black cake

Answer 6

i do not have a direct answer to your question. but you can try www.allrecipes.com they have a wide range of recipes