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Billie's Rum Cake - 2018
Recipe courtesy of Ginny Shonk
INGREDIENTS
Cake
Glaze
PREPARATION
Grease and flour a tube pan and sprinkle nuts in the bottom. Mix all cake ingredient and pour into pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes. As soon as cake is done, mix glaze ingredients in a saucepan. Boil and stir for 3-4 minutes until sugar is dissolved. The mixture will be clear. Pour over hot cake. Cool for several hours. Store in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator. Best made 2 to 3 days before serving.
This recipe is from Billie Kazmierczak, an old friend of Dave and Ginny's. Her husband worked with Dave at the National Park Service in Albuquerque. Joan found this recipe in her mom's recipe stack and found "Billie's Rum Cake." She contacted Billie to ask if this was hers. Billie said it was, and that Dave loved this cake!
In doing some research to confirm ingredient amounts, we found a nearly identical recipe for Christmas Rum Cake by The Pioneer Woman, so you know it must be good!
Cake
- 1 package Duncan Hines Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 package instant vanilla pudding - 3.5 oz.
- 1/2 cup light rum
- 1/2 cup Crisco oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup crushed pecans, walnuts or almonds
Glaze
- 1/4 cup light rum
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter
PREPARATION
Grease and flour a tube pan and sprinkle nuts in the bottom. Mix all cake ingredient and pour into pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes. As soon as cake is done, mix glaze ingredients in a saucepan. Boil and stir for 3-4 minutes until sugar is dissolved. The mixture will be clear. Pour over hot cake. Cool for several hours. Store in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator. Best made 2 to 3 days before serving.
This recipe is from Billie Kazmierczak, an old friend of Dave and Ginny's. Her husband worked with Dave at the National Park Service in Albuquerque. Joan found this recipe in her mom's recipe stack and found "Billie's Rum Cake." She contacted Billie to ask if this was hers. Billie said it was, and that Dave loved this cake!
In doing some research to confirm ingredient amounts, we found a nearly identical recipe for Christmas Rum Cake by The Pioneer Woman, so you know it must be good!