Tennessee Rum Cake

Cornerstone Inn Bed & Breakfast
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Serves: 6

Ingredients

Cake:
1 18.5 oz yellow cake with butter mix
1 3.75 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
½ cup cold water
½ cup oil
½ cup rum
1 cup pecans, chopped

Glaze:
1 stick butter
¼ cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup rum
whipped cream (optional)

Cooking Method

Preheat oven to 325°F.

CAKE:

Combine cake mix and pudding mix in large mixing bowl. Add eggs, water and rum. Grease and flour 10" tube pan. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan and pour batter over nuts. Bake 1 hour in a 325 degrees preheated oven.

GLAZE:

Melt butter in saucepan. Mix in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Invert warm cake on plate. Stick holes in cake - drizzle glaze over cake. Garnish with whipped cream.