Double Chocolate Rum Cake From The Cake Doctor Book Recipes

BACARDI DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine cake mix, pudding, eggs, 1/2 cup of the rum, water and oil in a large mixing bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat at low speed until moistened.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in 1 cup of chocolate pieces.
• Pour batter into a greased 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
• Heat raspberry preserves and remaining 1/2 cup of rum.
• Strain through a sieve to remove seeds.
• Place cake on a serving platter.
• Prick surface of cake with a fork.
• Brush raspberry glaze evenly over cake, allowing cake to absorb glaze.
• Repeat until all the glaze has been absorbed.
• Combine remaining 1 cup of chocolate pieces and shortening.
• Microwave on high for 1 minute or until melted. Stir until smooth.
• Spoon chocolate icing over cake. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Combine vanilla baking bar and 1 tsp water.
• Microwave on high for 30 seconds or until melted.
• Drizzle on top of icing.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Sift together the cake and pudding mixes.
• 2. In a bowl combine eggs, sour cream, oil, rum, vanilla, nutmeg, and coffee. Beat on low 1 minute.
• 3. Add cake and pudding mixes and beat on high for 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
• 4. Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 50 minutes. Check for doneness and bake a little longer if needed, but do not over bake.
• 5. Let cool in pan 30 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely. Wrap cake to retain moisture.

CRUZAN DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 10" tube pan, a 12-cup Bundt pan, or two mini-Bundt pans (mine has 6 wells which each hold 1 cup).
• Whisk together dry cake mix, dry pudding mix and cinnamon. In another bowl, whisk together milk, oil, rum, eggs, and almond extract. Pour wet ingredients into dry and whisk together until just incorporated; do not over mix. Fold in chocolate bits and optional nuts. Pour into pan, or divide evenly into mini-Bundt wells.
• Bake large cakes 55-65 minutes, mini-Bundts 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted halfway across comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove to a rack until completely cool.
• Meanwhile, combine butter and water in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until butter melts. Add sugar and bring to a boil, stirring often. Boil 5 minutes. Off heat, add rum and almond extract and stir to combine.
• Poke top of cake with a skewer at frequent intervals. Spoon glaze over cake; repeat if moister cake is desired.

DOUBLE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Liberally spray a non-stick 2 quart Bundt pan with vegetable oil cooking spray.
• Using an electric mixer at low speed, blend the cake mix, pudding mix, rum, oil and 1/2 c water.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Evenly distribute the pecans in the bottom of prepared bundt pan.
• Pour the batter on top of the pecans.
• Bake 50-55 minutes until a knife inserted an inch from the center comes out clean.
• Do not remove the cake from pan.
• Make the rum syrup:.
• In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, margarine, rum and 1/4 c water to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
• With a fork, make holes in the top of the cake.
• Pour the syrup over the cake and let sit for 30 minutes while the syrup is absorbed.
• Invert the pan onto a serving plate.
• Allow it to sit for several minutes.
• The cake will loosen from the pan.