Rum Cake Recipe For Christmas 2019: Step-By-Step Guide To Bake Golden Rum Cake At Home (Watch Video)

Rum may sound as the main ingredient of a rum cake, but it is not. It is made like a regular vanilla cake and towards the end rum is added which changes its essence completely. And as Christmas 2019 approaches, we bring to you the step-by-step recipe to make yummy golden Rum cake at home

Golden Rum Cake (Photo Credits: Wikipedia)

Rum cakes are quite popular during the Christmas season. Rum cake is a typical vanilla cake with rum in the batter. Going by traditional age-old recipes, dried fruit is soaked in rum for months and then added to the cake batter, but nowadays people use regular dried fruits. Rum may sound as the main ingredient of a rum cake, but it is not. It is made like a regular vanilla cake and towards the end rum is added which changes its essence completely. And as Christmas 2019 approaches, we bring to you the step-by-step recipe to make yummy golden Rum cake at home. Christmas 2019 Traditional Foods: From Stollen to Panettone, 9 Delicacies Around The World That Are Part of the Holiday Feast.

Ingredients for Golden Rum Cake

  • All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 (3.4-oz.) package instant vanilla pudding
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup dark rum

For the glaze

  • 1/2 (1 stick) butter
  • 3/4 granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup dark rum
  • 1/4 cup water

Golden Rum cake Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 165 degrees Celsius. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts over the bottom of the pan.
  • Combine cake and pudding mix in a large bowl. Mix eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil and 1/2 cup rum and blend them well. Pour the batter over chopped nuts in the pan.
  • Bake the mixture in the preheated oven for 60 minutes. Put a toothpick into the cake and see if it comes clean.
  • Let is sit for 10 minutes in the pan and then turn onto a serving plate. Brush a little glaze over the top and sides and let the cake absorb the glaze it properly.
  • To make the glaze combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil for five minutes, stirring constantly.) Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup rum. Christmas 2019: How to Avoid Weight Gain and Still Enjoy the Festive Delicacies.

You can also check this Rum fruit and nut cake recipe and add more flavours to it. People love traditional Christmas cake recipe as it brings memories of grandmother's recipe.

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Once the cake is ready you can pick more holes in it and add rest of the glaze all over the cake. You can add pecans to the centre of the cake. Golden rum cake is best to be enjoyed at room temperature. We hope you enjoy your cake and have great holidays. Merry Christmas in advance!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 18, 2019 02:51 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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