MINNEAPOLIS — The best kind of cake to eat is one you need to show your ID for! Mama Lew shares one of her most requested cakes... her "Boozy" Butter Rum Cake!
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg of Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 pkg of instant vanilla pudding
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup Bacardi rum
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 4 eggs beaten in (one at a time)
- 3 ounces of chopped pecans (any nut you prefer)
Directions:
Grease and flour a Bundt pan
Spread 3 ounces of chopped pecans on bottom
Mix the rest of your ingredients, and make sure you add only one egg to the mixture at a time
Bake at 325 F for 1 hour
Cool cake for more than 10 minutes and poke holes into the cake.
Sauce:
For the butter rum sauce combine 2 ounces of water, 3/4 cup of sugar and one stick of butter at low/medium heat until melted
Add in 2 ounces of rum (or 3 if you're like Mama Lew!) and bring to a quick boil
Dump the sauce onto the cake and let it come to a complete cool (or overnight)
Flip the cake out onto a plate and top with powdered sugar! Enjoy!
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