Caribbean Rum Cake

Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy @jimkmaus

Made in the memory of Donna Derderian, who loved St. John and the blue ocean.

Caribbean Rum Cake

Made in the memory of Donna Derderian, who loved St. John and the blue ocean.

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Ingredients

  1. 2 cupsall purpose flour
  2. 1 1/2 cupssugar
  3. 1/2 cupunsalted butter, softened
  4. 1 packageinstant vanilla pudding mix
  5. 2 tspbaking powder
  6. 1 tspsalt
  7. 1/2 cupcanola oil
  8. 1/2 cupmilk
  9. 4large eggs
  10. 1/2 cupwhite rum
  11. 2 tspvanilla extract
  12. 1/2 tspcoconut extract
  13. 1/2 cupchopped pecans
  14. Rum soaking syrup
  15. 1/2 cupunsalted butter
  16. 1/4 cupwater
  17. 1 cupsugar
  18. 1/4 tspsalt
  19. 1/2 cupdark rum
  20. 1/2 teaspooncoconut extract
  21. Garnish
  22. 1/4 cuppecans chopped fine
  23. 1/2 cupcoconut flakes, lightly toasted

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325.

  2. 2

    Place all cake batter ingredients except the rum, extracts and nuts into bowl and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add rum and extracts and beat for another minute.

  3. 3

    Spray a bundt pan heavily with cooking spray. Dust lightly with flour.

  4. 4

    Spread a little batter in pan and sprinkle on half the pecans. Fill the rest of the pan with batter and sprinkle the rest of the nuts on top. Lightly stir the nuts into the batter. Bake for 50-55 minutes.

  5. 5

    Leave cake in pan and make syrup. In saucepan combine the syrup ingredients except coconut extract. Bring to boil, then simmer and cook without stirring for about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in extract.

  6. 6

    Poke multiple holes in cake with skewer (still in pan). Pour syrup in 1/4 cup increments over cake, allowing to soak in thoroughly. Reserve a small amount of syrup.

  7. 7

    Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight. When ready to serve invert onto a plate. If you have difficulty removing cake from pan, place in 350 oven for about 5 minutes.

  8. 8

    Drizzle a bit of syrup on top of cake. Sprinkle with coconut and finely chopped nuts and finish with rest of syrup.

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