Bermuda Rum Cake Recipes

BERMUDA RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F degrees. Spray a 10 inch bundt cake pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Add all the cake ingredients to the bowl of your mixer, in no particular order, and mix on medium for 2 minutes until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter in the prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown. You can do the toothpick test to make sure it's baked
• Let it cool slightly for a couple minutes then turn the cake over onto a cake platter or plate.
• Add the sugar and water to a medium size saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Stir or whisk until the sugar has dissolved.
• Turn the heat to high and boil until the syrup turns brown around the edge of the pan then swirl the pan occasionally for a couple more minutes until the syrup turns a deep amber.
• Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the butter until mixed it. Stir in the heavy cream, the sauce will bubble, so stir until the bubbling stops. Add the rum and stir it in.
• Pour the caramel sauce over the cake, you can also poke some holes into it so that caramel sauce seeps into the cake.
• Top with toasted coconut if preferred or pecans.

BERMUDIAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°.
• Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan and sprinkle evenly with the pecans; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to combine.
• In another bowl, whisk together the milk, orange juice, oil, eggs, orange zest, and rum.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the liquid mixture; mix to combine.
• Slowly pour the batter into the prepared pan, taking care not to dislodge the pecan coating.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until a wooden skewer inserted midway between the outer and inner edges of the pan comes out clean.
• Set the pan on a wire rack and allow the cake to cool completely.
• Glaze-In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat; stir in the sugar and water.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the rum.
• Turn the cake out onto a serving plate.
• Using a thin wooden skewer, pierce the top of the cake all over.
• Evenly pour the glaze, a little at a time, over the top of the cake, allowing the glaze to be completely absorbed before adding more.

BANANA RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, baking soda, rum, water, eggs, bananas and nuts. Bring together, then beat on medium speed 2 to 4 minutes.
• Divide into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely.
• For the frosting: Combine 1/3 cup butter or margarine with the confectioners sugar. Blend thoroughly. Stir in vanilla and 2 tablespoons rum. Beat until smooth.

EASY RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over the bottom of the pan.
• Mix together the cake mix, 1/2 cup dark rum, eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil, and vanilla pudding mix. Pour batter over the nuts in the pan.
• Bake for 1 hour. Cool, and invert cake on a serving plate. Prick the top of the cake.
• To Make The Glaze: Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in 1/8 cup water and the 1/2 cup sugar. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove glaze from heat, and stir in 1/4 cup rum. Drizzle and smooth evenly over the top and sides.

BAHAMA MAMA BANANA RUM CAKE

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE GLAZE.
• Combine the butter, water, and sugars in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the rum. Set aside and keep warm.
• TO MAKE THE CAKE.
• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350°F Spray a 10-cup tube pan with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle the pecans in the bottom of the pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• One by one, beat in the eggs, taking care to mix well between each addition.
• Beat in the mashed bananas, vanilla, and rum.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt over the batter and fold in using a rubber spatula, just until no streaks of flour remain.
• Fold in the sour cream.
• Spoon the batter into the pan and spread to the pan using the back of a rubber spatula.
• Bake about 60-80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Use a wooden skewer to poke holes all over the cake and pour 1/4 cup glaze over the cake.
• Allow to cool for 5 more minutes. Place a serving platter over the pan and invert to release the cake. Spoon the remaining glaze over the cake, little by little, and let stand until the glaze is completely absorbed by the cake. If the glaze starts to pool at the base of the cake, use a small metal spatual to spread it up and around the sides of the cake. As the glaze cools, it will form a rummy, sugary shell.
• Allow to cool completely before serving.