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Malibu Rum Cake Recipe

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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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GREAT HOLIDAY CAKEDecember 06, 2008By pickettscharge77
"I made the Malibu rum cake for my family at Christmas last year and they loved it! I even fooled my Mom who will not eat ""cake mix"" cakes. She thought it was entirely homemade. I ended up making about 4 of these cakes throughout the holidays. I had a heavy hand with the rum and it did not change the texture, but made the cake more moist and the icing even better. I did find that in my oven, the cooking time needed to increase to 55 minutes. I used Baker's Joy as the spray for the cake pan. Do not skimp on the rum, I used an off brand when I ran out of the Malibu and the result was not as sweet or good as with the Malibu. I f you do not like coconut, you can substitue the Malibu pineapple rum or mango rum. All work well. If you do like coconut, you can substitue coconut pudding for the vanilla pudding."

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