Double-chocolate rum cake

10 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pack Chocolate cakemix (18 1/2oz)
1 pack Instant chocolate pudding
4 Eggs
1 cup Dark rum
¾ cup Water plus 1 teaspoon
½ cup Vegetable oil
1 pack Chocolate chips
1 Jar Raspberry prserves 10 o
2 tablespoons Shortening
1 ounce Vanilla baking bar

Directions

My Grandmother's recipe calls for greasing a 10 in tube pan. I use a 12-cup bundt pan with excellent results. 1.Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, ½ c of the rum, ¾ c of the water and the oil in a large mixing bowl. Beat at low speed until ingrediants are moistened.

Then two minutes at medium speed. Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips. Pout batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan, finish cooling on a wire rack. 2.In a small saucepan, heat preserves and remaining ½ c rum to make glaze. Strain through sieve to remove seeds. Place cake on serving plate. Prick the surface of the cake with a fork, or a tooth pick. (I use this time to vent frustations) Brush the raspberry glaze evenly over the cake. Use all the glaze. It does take a few minutes to do this. Just make sure its evenly applied. 3.In a bowl, combine remaining 1 c of chocolate chips and shortening. Microwave on high 1 minute. (I know, my Grandma never had a Microwave, I just updated the recipe, because in this case the technology makes this process painless and quick, and I'm less likely to burn the chocolate.) Stir to make a smooth icing. Drizzle chocolate icing over the cake. Let stand about 15 minutes. 4.In a small bowl, combine vanilla baking bar and remaining 1 teaspoon of water. Microwave on high 30 seconds (or until melted). Drizzle vanilla icing over the chocolate icing.

Grandma always served this tasty morsel with very strong coffee.

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