Paula Deens Double Rum Cake Recipes

RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. Mix remaining ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts. Bake for 1 hour. Cool.
• Invert on service plate. Prick top with fork or toothpick. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Use all the glaze.
• Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in rum.

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.

PAULA DEEN'S JAMIE'S COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans.
• Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed.
• Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4 inches above counter, then dropping it flat onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pans 5 to 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling racks. Cool completely.
• While cake is baking, prepare filling. Stir together sugar, sour cream, milk, and coconut in a bowl until well blended.
• Remove cake layers from oven and allow cake to remain in pans as you prepare to stack and fill. Remove first layer and invert onto cake plate. Using the wrong end of a wooden spoon, poke holes approximately 1-inch apart until entire cake has been poked. Spread 1/3 of filling mixture on cake layer. Top with second layer, repeat process. Top with last layer and repeat process again. (As I stack layers together I stick them with toothpicks to prevent cake from shifting).
• To prepare the frosting, place sugar, cream of tartar or corn syrup, salt, water, and egg whites in the top of a double boiler. Beat with a hand-held electric mixer for 1 minute. Place pan over boiling water, being sure that boiling water does not touch the bottom of the top pan. (If this happens, it could cause your frosting to become grainy). Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Frost the sides of the cake first, being careful not to get crumbs in the icing. When cake is completely covered, gently cover frosting with coconut.
• Cover loosely and refrigerate for three days (if you can stand it that long!).