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Homemade Rum Cake Recipe (Scratch)

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homemade Rum Cake Recipe Scratch

I love Making Homemade Rum Cake (Scratch). It’s cold and foggy again. But then, this is the Bay Area, and cold and foggy is the norm. Winter is the worst though. It’s dark and cold and foggy… and sometimes it rains. I realize that you people in Minnesota laugh at our version of winter… but still.. I’m a Southern California girl at heart – and there, when the temperature there drops to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, we’d all shiver, and pull our winter coats out of the closet.

So, I’ve been thinking about the Caribbean. I have strong desire to be on a warm beach sipping a rum drink. Instead, I’m home…. it certainly isn’t the Caribbean, and it turns out that sitting around drinking rum drinks all day will give you a reputation (and you’ll be asked nicely to leave the PTA).

Luckily… Rum isn’t just for drinking…. it makes a great cake… mmmm Rum Cake. So, I set out to bake a Rum Cake, but all the recipes I ever cake across start like this….”open a box of cake mix”…

sigh

Not that there is anything wrong with cake mix…. I just wanted to make the cake from scratch.

Ah Ha! A challenge! I grabbed the bottle of rum, and headed to the kitchen. After a few tries (turns out that drinking the rum affects your thought process and slows things down a bit)… I got it…. A Homemade Rum Cake Recipe from Scratch!

The cake is light and moist, with a vanilla and rum flavor baked right in. Then it is given a soak of a rum and sugar syrup. Ohhhhh…. sweet.

No need for frosting, it’s delicious plain, or you can jazz things up by serving it with a bit of whipped cream and berries. And as always, I’ve included step by step instructions….so it’s pretty much foolproof.

Then take a bite, close your eyes… and dream of the warm Caribbean Sun.

 

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Looking for more Recipes with Rum?

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Step By Step Instructions with Photos

Beat Your Batter Until It’s Light and Delicious

Take Your Time… Get the Batter Right, or the cake will not work

 homemade Rum Cake Recipe Scratch

Combine Rum, Sugar and a bit of Water

Whisk until the sugar is melted

 Rum Syrup

15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest….
Yo Ho Ho!! And a Bottle of RUM!

Bring the Rum Syrup Briefly to a Boil

Then Set it Aside

 Rum Syrup

15 Minutes after it’s Done Baking…. Flip out the Cake

Yum! Now put it back in the pan

 homemade Rum Cake Recipe Scratch

Prick Cake with a Fork

You Are Making Little Holes…NOT RIPPING THE CAKE TO PIECES

 homemade Rum Cake recipe scratch

but… if a little piece breaks away… no one will stop you from tasting it.

Pour the Rum Syrup over the Cake

Let it Sit for 5 minutes… then flip it on to a Serving Plate

 homemade rum cake recipe scratch

When You’ve Tipped the Cake Back Out of the Pan

Brush it with more Rum Syrup

This is optional… I suggest doing it for extra flavor

TA DA!!

homemade Rum Cake Recipe Scratch




Comment(4)

  1. I used to make a yummy Bacardi rum cake, but lost the recipe, this sounds very close except for adding yoghurt, I shall give this a try , it sounds very good. thanks

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