Brown Sugar Rum Cake Recipes

BROWN SUGAR-RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk, beating just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 32 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In large bowl, beat powdered sugar and 3/4 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in rum. Frost cake; sprinkle with pecans.

MOM'S RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• Combine cake mix and pudding mix.
• In another bowl beat eggs, water, oil and rum until frothy. Add cake mix/pudding mixture and beat until well mixed. Spread pecans evenly over the bottom of the prepared pan and pour batter over pecans.
• Bake cake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry when inserted in the center. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Place in serving dish immediately, right side up. (Pecans should be on the bottom)
• To Make Glaze: During the last 15 to 20 minutes of baking time, combine butter or margarine, water and sugar in a sauce pan and bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and boil rapidly until it's very thick and syrupy stirring very frequently. The syrup must be reduced quite a bit and very thick otherwise it will make the cake mushy. Remove from heat and add rum. While cake is still hot, poke holes all over top of cake with a toothpick and spoon glaze over top of cake. Allow cake to sit at room temperature for one day then refrigerate.

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.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition just until combined., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, 55-65 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For glaze, combine butter and pecans in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter is light golden brown, 4-5 minutes. Stir into confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla, salt and enough cream to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over cake, allowing some to drip down sides. Let stand until set.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cream butter and slowly add sugar to the soft butter.
• Beat, till very light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at the time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add to butter alternating with the milk.
• End with the flour mix.
• Fill in prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool cake completely; then remove from pan.
• Tip: At this stage, you might want to wrap the cake in plastic wrap and let it rest for a day, as this will make it moister.
• For the sauce, combine cream, butter, sugar, corn syrup and rum in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking occasionally.
• Cover and continue to boil for 1 minute to wash down the sugar crystals from the side.
• Wash the sides with a wet brush to clear off all sugar.
• Uncover and boil for 3-4 minutes without stirring.
• Cool lightly and drizzle over cake.

BROWN SUGAR CAKE WITH RUM-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening (do not use cooking spray); coat with flour. In large bowl, beat sugars and butter with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Add milk, vanilla and eggs. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
• Beat in flour, baking powder and salt until mixture is smooth and well blended. Spread in pan.
• Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat caramel topping and rum over low heat, stirring occasionally, until well blended and warm. Serve warm topping over slices of cake.

BROWN SUGAR RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• In a small pan melt 3 tablespoons butter and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar.
• Cook 5-8 minutes until bubbly and brown.
• Add 3 tablespoons dark rum and whisk for about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, add 2 cups sifted icing/confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoons evaporated milk.
• Pour over cake.

BROWN SUGARED RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Beat egg yolks until thick.
• Gradually beat in 1/4 cup of the brown sugar.
• Set aside.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
• Fold egg yolk/sugar mixture into meringue mixture.
• Whip cream until soft peaks form and carefully stir in rum.
• Fold this into egg/sugar mixture.
• Spoon to serve.