Becky's favorite rum cake

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Pecans; chopped
3 Eggs
⅓ cup Oil
18½ ounce Yellow cake mix
½ cup ;Water, cold
½ cup Rum, dark (80 proof)
¼ pounds Butter
1 cup Sugar, granulated
¼ cup ;Water
½ cup Rum, dark (80 proof)

Directions

CAKE

GLAZE

Preheat oven to 325F. Grease and flour 10" tube or 12-cup Bundt pan.

Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. Mix all cake ingredients together.

Pour batter over nuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate.

Prick top. Spoon and brush glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. repeat till glaze is used up.

Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.

Optional: Decorate with border of sugar frosting or whipped cream.

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