Spice up your holidays with this yummy rum cake recipe!

INGREDIENTS

Cake Ingredients:

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla flavor pudding mix

1/2 cup BACARDI® Gold Rum

1/2 cup cold water

1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix

4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

Glaze Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup BACARDI® Gold Rum

1/4 cup water

Red food coloring (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan or 10-cup tube pan and sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.

In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, BACARDI® Gold Rum, oil and water. Using an electric mixer beat at low speed until moistened. Beat at high speed 2 minutes. Pour batter over nuts.

Bake 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes, then invert onto serving plate. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in sugar, water and BACARDI® Gold Rum.

Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Prick top of cake with a fork. Spoon and brush glaze evenly over the top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze.

Enjoy the holidays with good food, family and friends!!