How Do You Make Jamaican Rum Cake?
This rum cake is made with Jamaican rum and a package cake mix making it an easy bake. The rum cake is soaked in rum syrup with walnuts on top having lots of rum flavor. Great anytime! In a large bowl, blend cake mix, eggs, oil, water and 1/4 cup rum. Beat per instructions on the cake mix (2 minutes on medium speed). Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. Place cup of nuts evenly on the bottom of the pan. Pour batter over nuts and bake in oven 350 degrees till done 39-43 minutes. Cool and remove cake from pan onto large plate. For glaze, melt butter, sugar and 1/4 cup water in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stirring constantly, boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup rum. Pour slowly over cake, allowing cake to absorb most of the syrup.