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Holiday Rum Bundt Cake Recipe
Servings:
12
Prep Time:
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time:
1
hour
hr
cooling time:
15
minutes
mins
Total Time:
1
hour
hr
30
minutes
mins
Author:
Sandy / Reluctant Entertainer
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
This moist Christmas rum bundt cake recipe is made with a yellow cake mix and instant pudding. Perfect for any holiday, serve with ice cream!
Ingredients
CAKE:
1
box
yellow cake mix
,
about 15.25 ounce
1
3.5 oz
INSTANT vanilla pudding mix
4
whole eggs
½
cup
water
½
cup
canola or vegetable oil
½
cup
golden rum
,
or “gold” rum
1
cup
chopped pecans
,
optional
GLAZE:
½
cup
butter
,
1 stick
¼
cup
water
1
cup
granulated sugar
½
cup
rum
Instructions
Prepare a bundt pan with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
It's optional to sprinkle nuts over bottom of greased bundt pan (either 10 or 12" pan works).
Mix together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and rum.
Bake for 1 hour.
Remove from oven. Cool 10 minutes in pan.
Invert onto serving plate and prick the top with a fork (so the glaze can run into the holes).
To make the glaze, melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove the pan from heat. Stir in the rum.
Gently poke holes in the cake with a fork.
Make the glaze:
Pour glaze evenly over top and sides of cake.
Allow cake to absorb glaze. Keep doing this until glaze is used up.
Cut into slices and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Originally posted DEC 2018.