Rum-Vanilla Bean Bundt Cake

By LRay

Better Homes and Gardens, All-Time Favorites Volume 4, June 2015, Page 27.

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup light rum
• 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• Powdered sugar

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from bhg.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Allow butter, eggs, and egg yolk to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, generously grease and lightly flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan; set aside. In a small bowl stir together flour and baking powder. In a medium bowl combine milk and rum. Using the tip of a small sharp knife, scrape out seeds from vanilla beans. Stir vanilla seeds into milk mixture; set aside.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add granulated sugar and brown sugar, beating about 10 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs and egg yolk; beat for 1 minute. Alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.

Bake about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.