Holiday Rum Cake

A Traditional Christmas dessert

ingredients

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 18 1/2 oz pkg yellow cake mix*
1 3 3/4 oz pkg Jell-o Vanilla Instant Pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup vegtable oil
1/2 cup Bacardi Dark Rum (80 proof)
if using cake mix with pudding already in the mix, omit the instant pudding, use 3 eggs, 1/3 cup oil and 1/4 cup water
Glaze
1/4 lb butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Bacardi Dark Rum

1
Preheat oven to 325° Grease and flour a 10"tube or 12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over the bottom of pan. Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts. Bake for 1 hor. Cool. Invert onto serving plate. Prick top Spoon and brush the glaze evenly over the top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is gone.
2
Glaze: melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.
3
Optional: Serve with whipped cream

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