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Malibu Rum Cake Recipe

From Semi-Homemade Cooking by Sandra Lee (Miramax Books; Hyperion), for About.com

This cake starts with a box mix and packaged pudding and is jazzed up with coconut rum.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Cake:
  • Nonstick vegetable cooking spray
  • 1 package (18.25-ounce) classic yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup Malibu® Rum
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 package (3.4-ounce) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 4 eggs
  • .
  • Rum Glaze:
  • 1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/4 cup Malibu® Rum

Preparation:

Cake Preparation:
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.

Spray a 10-inch (12-cup) bundt pan with nonstick spray. Using an electric mixer, beat cake mix, rum, vegetable oil, pudding mix, and eggs in a large bowl for 2 minutes. Transfer batter to prepared pan.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 20 minutes. Invert cake onto platter, then carefully remove pan. Allow cake to cool completely.

Rum Glaze Preparation:
Meanwhile, stir sugar and water in a heavy medium saucepan over medium high heat until sugar dissolves. Add butter. Simmer until mixture thickens and is syrupy, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and whisk in rum. Cool glaze completely. Drizzle glaze evenly over cooled cake and serve.

Yield: 1 large bundt cake, about 12 servings

Recipe Source: Semi-Homemade Cooking by Sandra Lee (Miramax Books; Hyperion)
Reprinted with permission.

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