Rum And Coke Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 cup classic coca-cola
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 cup classic coca-cola
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 12 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup dark rum

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 3 liberally grease and lightly flour a standard bundt pan.
• 4 beat the eggs with an electric mixer; gradually add the softened butter and the sugar and beat until creamy.
• 5 beat in the coca-cola, rum, vanilla, and milk (note--use only fresh, bubbly coke, not flat coke, as called for in some recipes; the bubbles actually make a honeycomb effect in the finished cake).
• 6 gradually add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl, beating constantly until you have a smooth batter.
• 7 pour the cake batter into the prepared pan; bake 45-60 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
• 8 let the cake cook slightly; use a knife to work around the sides and center of the cake, and then invert the cake on a serving platter.
• 9 the sauce: while the cake is baking, make the sauce--bring the coca-cola, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan; continue cooking at med-high heat, stirring, until the syrup thickens.
• 10 remove from the heat and immediately stir in the butter and the rum.
• 11 serve the cake warm, spooning plenty of sauce over each individual serving.
• 12 *can double the sauce, if you want.