Bacardi Rum Cake Recipe

Rum is a delightful drink that is enjoyed by many. And cake, I think there will be hardly anyone who does not like eating a cake. If you love both rum and cake, then you can mix them up together and bake a delicious rum cake. What if I tell you, that you can mix your favorite Bacardi rum with your favorite cake recipe? I am sure you would love the idea and would ask how to make a Bacardi rum cake! We shall learn some easy recipes for Bacardi rum cake in this Buzzle article.

Various uses of Rum
Rum is the favorite drink of many. You can make some of the best cocktails using rum as a prime ingredient. Most Christmas cakes that are made use a variety of fruits that have been soaked in dark rum from the previous Christmas. Once the Christmas cake is made for the current year, fruits will be soaked in dark rum to make them ready for next years Christmas cake.

If you thought that these are the limitations of rum, you are mistaken. A very few are aware of the various uses of rum in cookery. It might surprise some to know that rum is used in recipes ranging from appetizers, soups, main dishes, to desserts and coffee. If a recipe just tells you to use rum without mentioning the type, use dark rum. Recipes which require other variants of rum such as coconut rum, pineapple rum, etc. will mention it.

Always remember to use the correct amount of rum mentioned in the recipe. Adding more rum than mentioned may give the dish an undesirable flavor.

Rum Facts
Rum is distilled from sugarcane juice or sugarcane molasses. Some of the best rums come from Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The islands of West Indies are known to produce the finest rums in the world. The most common raw material to make rum is black molasses, a by-product of the sugar-making process.

Most of the factors responsible for making a good whiskey are common to making a good rum. These may include the type of yeast used for fermentation, temperature maintained, maturation process, and the blending skill that only years of experience can perfect.

Original Bacardi Rum Cake Recipe from Scratch
If rum drinking can become an addiction, so can eating a Bacardi rum cake. Once you taste the perfect Bacardi rum cake, you just can't help asking for more. The perfect Bacardi rum cake is soft and juicy and will just melt in the mouth. Make sure to use the correct quantity of ingredients for that wonderful lingering flavor.

All the ingredients mentioned here are easily available at any supermarket. You can use any dark rum for this recipe. If there is a particular dark rum that you like, use it. You will enjoy the cake that much more!

Best Rum Cake Recipes
Given below are a few easy recipes for rum cake that contains Bacardi rum. Read on to find that you too can make juicy cake recipes from scratch.

Basic Rum Cake Ingredients For the cake 1 cup chopped pecans - substitute with chopped walnuts if preferred 4 serving pack - Jell-o instant vanilla pudding One 18.5 ounce box - Yellow cake mix (make sure the ingredients does not contain 'pudding' in it) 4 eggs 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup - Vegetable or corn oil 1/2 cup dark Bacardi rum Ingredients For the Glaze 1/2 cup butter - substitute with margarine, if preferred 1 cup - Sugar 1/4 cup - Water 1/2 cup - Dark Bacardi rum

Method of Preparation Except the pecans/walnuts, mix all the other ingredients of the cake and mix in blender for couple of minutes. Grease a Bundt pan. Spread the pecans/walnuts at the bottom of pan. Pour the blended cake mixture over this. Heat oven to 325 degrees and bake the cake for 1 hour. Just before cake is ready take prepare the glaze. Take a pan and place on medium heat. Put in and melt the butter. Put in the water and sugar. Allow to boil till sugar melts. Turn off the heat and stir in the rum. The rum can release very hot vapor. Please be careful. Once cake is ready, pierce the entire cake using a fork. Please do this gently. We do not want to shred the cake to pieces. Keep the cake on a big plate and pour the warm glaze slowly over it, allowing it to seep into the cake. Let the cake stand for at least a couple of hours. There is no need to refrigerate this cake, but it will taste better chilled. You can try using different rums for the cake and the glaze. Once you have perfected the art of making this cake you can try experimenting with a variety of nuts. You can also try adding a little fresh fruit, but do this only once you gain enough experience in making the basic Bacardi rum cake.

Real temptation
Just the mention of rum has got me tempted. The Bacardi rum cake recipe has made this temptation unbearable. I am already imagining myself biting into a juicy piece of Bacardi rum cake. I'm off to the kitchen to make a fresh juicy Bacardi rum cake and turn this desire into reality. What about you?