Lindas Rum Cake Recipes

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.

RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with oven rack in the center of oven.
• Whisk the milk, sour cream and rum together in a liquid measure and let come to room temperature.
• In a large bowl or stand mixer whip the butter on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat for 4-5 minutes more. Mix in the vanilla.
• Add the eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, mixing just until combined in between additions. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Combine the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the batter and mix just until combined. Add 1/2 of the milk/sour cream mixture and mix.
• Add another 1/3 of the dry ingredients, mixing just until combined. Add the last 1/2 of the milk/sour cream mixture and beat until just combined.
• Add the final 1/3 of the dry ingredients and mix just until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• Grease and flour bundt pan. I use shortening, and make sure every crevice of the pan is coated! Pour batter evenly into the pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with few crumbs.
• Make the glaze: Add sauce ingredients to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir well until butter has melted and mixture is smooth. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring, and boil for 2 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool for in the pan for at least 15 minutes before gently inverting it. (I like to remove the cake first, to make sure to get it out easily). Then wipe the pan clean and put the cake back in it. Poke holes all over the cake and gently pour most of the sauce over the cake, reserving just a little.
• Allow the cake to soak up the glaze and then invert it onto a plate or serving platter. Spoon remaining glaze on top.
• Store rum cake well-covered in the refrigerator.

LINDAS CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Take a 9-inch (23cm) square or a 10-inch (26cm) round cake tin.
• Grease the tin 1st with marg then cut two rounds of greaseproof paper to fit the base and a double greaseproof paper to fit the sides,( making the sides a little large then the tin) Snip the base of this band (side) at regular intervals, so it fits flat at the bottom. Press the band into the cake tin. Making the sides large then the tin
• Preheat oven 325 F- 160C, gas mark 3
• Cream the butter with brown sugar, add finely grated orange and lemon rind, blend together then add the black treacle. beat the eggs with the "brandy or sherry or rum" and gradually blend into the creamed mixture.
• Sieve the flour & mixed spice into the mixture along with the ground cinnamon, then add the ground almonds, mix well then add the 3lb mixed dried friut.
• once all mixed add the chopped glace cherries, and the 300g mixed nuts, you can add little at a time to make sure its all mixed in well.
• spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin, smooth the mixture on top and press gently with damp but not too wet knuckles, this helps to keep the cake flat on top and also prevents it becoming hardened with baking.
• Bake for approximately 4 - 5 hours in the centre of the oven.
• Allow 1 hour at a moderate heat (325 F- 160C, gas mark 3) then lower the heat to slow (275-300F. 140-150 C gas mark 1-2) and continue the cooking,
• Check carefully and lower the heat if the cake is becoming to brown.
• Test the cake ensure the cake has shrunk away from the sides of the tin and when a fine skewer is inserted into the cake it should come out quite clean
• Then follow another test listen carefully an uncooked rich cake makes a distinct hum.
• Cool in the tin only turn out when cold.
• To give a very moist texture, prick the cooked cake at 10 days intervals and soak with a little sherry, brandy or rum.
• To marzipan a rich fruit cake
• Try not to handle the marzipan to much.
• First brush away any surplus crumbs from the cake, make sure the cake is level; it is often a good idea to turn the cake upside-down and use the base as the top as it is 100% level
• Coat the cake with sieved apricot jam before putting the marzipan on make sure your marzipan covers the sides, extra trims can be cut off to neaten it later
• Before icing the cake decide weather you want to leave the marzipan for 48hrs to dry out, but marzipan is nicer if moist, but if it has been handled a lot the oil for the ground almonds will soak through the icing, you can paint the marzipan with egg white and ice at once

LINDA'S FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE WITH JULIE'S FRUIT

Steps:

• For Linda's Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix sugar, butter,and oil together.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to the cream mixture.
• Add milk and 1 tsp of each of the Five flavorings.
• Bake in a greased and floured tube pan at 350 degrees for one and half hours.
• Cool 10 minutes in the pan.
• Remove cake from pan.
• For the Glaze:.
• Combine all the glaze ingredients in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and continue until sugar is disolved.
• Place cake on pretty serving dish and pour glaze over.
• For Julie's Fruit:.
• Combine the pie filling, oranges, pineapple, bananas and 1/2 pint of strawberries.
• Put in a pretty bowl.
• To Serve:.
• Slice Pound Cake and place a slice on plate with Julie's Fruit on top.
• And Enjoy!

LINDA'S RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10" tube or 12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate. Prick top and sides with a fork. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat till glaze is used up. Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum. Note: I put strips of waxed paper under and along outside edge of the cake. It keeps the plate cleaner when adding the glaze.