Butter Rum Cake
- Yield 16 servings
A perfect cake to give as a gift this holiday season
'As a mother I understand the love my mother mixed into each Butter Rum Cake she prepared the night before gift exchange at school. Now, my son, daughter and I mix cake after cake for each of their teachers. My wish is that my children will make Butter Rum Cake for their children's teachers.'
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon rum flavoring
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
- 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
- Glaze:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon rum flavoring
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
- 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
- 1 teaspoon coconut flavoring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a Bundt pan.
- To prepare the cake, melt butter and oil together. Pour into mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, beat in eggs, one at a time. Add sugar, cake flour, milk, baking powder and flavorings; blend well. Pour mixture into pan. Bake 1 1/2 hours or until cake pulls away from sides of pan.
- To prepare the glaze, combine water, sugar and flavorings in a saucepan. Heat until sugar melts; do not boil. Pour over cake while it is still hot.
Judy Prine, Hattiesburg, Miss.
