Rum Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (5 1/8 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons rum (your call on flavors and dark/light, etc)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup rum (i've used as little as 1 c. and it was fine, the more you add, the better the flavor, and the cake s)

Recipe

• 1 mix all the ingredients together until smooth.
• 2 pour into a well battered tube pan (i've used both bundt and spring-form).
• 3 bake at 350 for 45 minutes (or longer) until the cake is brown on the top and firm to the touch.
• 4 sauce:.
• 5 mix all sauce ingredients over a burner bringing them to a rolling boil.
• 6 slowly pour the sauce over the top of the already baked cake (make sure cake is still in pan!).
• 7 for the best flavor/results, let cake stand overnight.
• 8 this allows the sauce to really soak in and crystalize around the edges.
• 9 when ready to serve, turn cake upside down onto serving platter-- great cake to serve with vanilla ice cream.
• 10 enjoy!