Bacardi Rum Cake

By debbreck

Found in Grandma Eva's Recipe Box

Ingredients

• Cake
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 18 1/2 oz. package yellow cake mix (preferably with pudding in it)
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup Bacardi Dark Rum (80 proof)
• Glaze
• 1/4 lb. butter
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup Bacardi Dark Rum

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour 10" tube pan.
3. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
4. Mix all cake ingredients together.
5. Pour batter over nuts.
6. Bake 1 hour.
7. Cool, then invert on serving plate.
8. Prick top of cake with a fork.

To make glaze:
1. Melt butter in a saucepan.
2. Stir in water and sugar.
3. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Remove from heat and stir in rum.

To finish cake:
Spoon and brush glaze over top and sides of cake. Allow cake to absorb glaze and repeat until all of the glaze is gone.