Cajun Rum Cake

1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
1 Box (3 1/2 Oz. Vanilla instant pudding
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
4 Eggs
1/2 Cup Cooking Oil
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Rum

Directions:

Sprinkle nuts in tube pan, place remaining ingredients in large mixer bowl. Blend then beat for 4 minutes at med. speed. Pour into pan, bake at 325 degrees for one hour. (until cake begins to pull away from pan.) Do not under bake. Prepare glaze.

Glaze-
1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Rum

Mix in sauce pan except for rum and stir until mixture comes to a boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in the 1/2 cup rum and bring to boil. Spoon warm glaze over the warm cake.

Sounds like the old Bacardi rum cake. I love that one - it always seems like there's too much glaze, but it soaks up! Looks like everything is the same. It is a great cake, and gets better as it sits.

1 CUP CHOPPED PECANS
1 (18 ½ OZ.) PACKAGE YELLOW CAKE MIX
1 (3 ¾ OZ.) PACKAGE INSTANT VANILLA PUDDING
4 EGGS
½ CUP COLD WATER
½ CUP VEGETABLE OIL
½ CUP BACARDI RUM

PREHEAT OVEN TO 325. GREASE AND FLOUR ANGEL FOOD OR 12 CUP BUNDT PAN. SPRINKLE NUTS INSIDE.

MIX ALL INGREDIENTS AND POUR OVER NUTS.

BAKE FOR 1 HOUR. COOL. INVERT ON SERVING PLATTER. DRIZZLE EVENLY WITH GLAZE. ALLOW CAKE TO ABSORB ALL GLAZE.



GLAZE

¼ POUND BUTTER
¼ CUP WATER
1 CUP SUGAR

BOIL 5 MINUTES, STIRRING CONSTANTLY. ADD ¼ CUP RUM AND POUR OVER CAKE.

Loretta, the sugar syrup makes the glaze in the icing, but if you can find sugar free cake mix and pudding, the cake part should adapt to sugar free.

You had me at...Rum, and at cake to be honest :lol:

Does the alcohol burn off? My husband and I don't drink but cook with wine when it cooks out.

It burns off the cake, but if you want the glaze alcohol-free, you might need to boil it a while, at least to a rolling boil, I would think. I always use the good dark rum because it leaves more flavor. There might be a conversion for rum extract, but that has alcohol, too.

Wow -- that sounds absolutely delicious!!!!!!!

I agreed! my neighbors love it too.

Okay. Tonite I'm ready for this!!!!

I thin it is the same as the bicardi rum cake. I usually make it at Christmas or Thanksgiving. It simple to make and really good.