What are some really good well-known rum cake recipes?

Answer 1

The Bacardi Rum Cake is the best recipe ever IMO.
I make them every year - they are so good and everyone raves over them.
http://www.recipezaar.com/14499

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 (520 g) package yellow cake mix (You just use the cake mix as is, do not add other ingredients listed on cake box.)
1 (92 g) package vanilla instant pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup amber rum or 1873 rum
Glaze
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup amber rum or 1873 rum


1. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of greased 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup bundt pan.
2. Stir together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and rum.
3. Pour batter over nuts.
4. Bake at 325 in oven for 1 hour.
5. Cool 10 minutes in pan.
6. Invert onto serving plate and prick top.
7. Glaze-----------------.
8. Melt butter in saucepan.
9. Stir in water and sugar.
10. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
11. Remove from heat.
12. Stir in rum.
13. Brush glaze evenly over top and sides of cake.
14. Allow cake to absorb glaze.
15. Repeat until glaze is used up.

Answer 2

The longer the cake remains(if it remains) the better it tastes.

1 cup chopped, toasted pecans or walnuts
1 18-1/2 ounce yellow cake mix
1 1-3/4 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup Barcardi dark rum

Glaze:
1 stick butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Barcardi dark rum

Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom of pan. Combine all cake ingredients. Beat for 2 minutes on high with electric mixer. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool in pan. Invert on serving plate. Prick top with fork. Drizzle glaze over top of cake. Use brush or spoon to put extra dripping back on cake.

Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar.Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum. The rum will cause steam. Be careful not to burn yourself.

Answer 3

Golden Rum Cake
. The butter rum glaze makes it special. An easy way to glaze your cake is to pour half of the glaze into Bundt pan, reinsert cake, then pour the rest of glaze over the bottom of the cake. Let absorb well then invert back onto platter."
Original recipe yield: 1 - 10 inch Bundt pan.
Prep Time:30 MinutesCook Time:1 Hour Ready In:1 Hour 30 MinutesServings:12 (change)

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INGREDIENTS:
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup dark rum
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark rum

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Mix in the eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil and 1/2 cup rum. Blend well. Pour batter over chopped nuts in the pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let sit for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto serving plate. Brush glaze over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze and repeat until all glaze is used.
To make the glaze: in a saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup rum.