rum cake?

Chris said:

Well, since I'll be buying rum anyway, I thought I'd make a rum cake. The Italian restaurant I
mentioned as having closed, also had a rum cake that was quite delicious.

I think it was layered, and as I recall it was usually kept pretty cold (almost frozen).

All the rum cakes I see online seem to be either bundts or in octagonal tins.

Recipes anyone?

My mother won't dare touch the tiramisu, so I want something she can eat.

Try this:

Bacardi Rum Holiday Celebration Cake 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder
2/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
3/3 cup milk
4/3 cup Bacardi Gold rum, flavored rum, or other spirit 3 eggs 2 cups chopped pecans (divided use)
Rum glaze (recipe follows) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
Combine flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a mixer. Add butter and mix on low
speed until butter is worked in completely; the mixture will have a sandy appearance. In a small
bowl, combine milk, rum, and eggs. Whisk to blend. With mixer on low, add milk mixture to dry
ingredients and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in 11/2 cups pecans. Pour batter evenly
into pan. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until top of cake springs back when touched. While the cake is
baking, make rum glaze. When cake is done, remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes in pan. Invert
the cake onto a rack with a large plate underneath. With a wooden skewer or toothpick, pierce cake
all over, spacing marks about 1 inch apart. Spoon reserved rum syrup over cake to soak in.
Transfer cake to a clean plate and pour thickened glaze over top. Immediately sprinkle with
reserved pecans. Makes 16 servings.

Rum glaze: In a saucepan, combine 11/4 cups granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water and bring to a boil
over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup rum, then turn off heat. Add 4 tablespoons butter and stir until
melted. Pour 3/4 cup of syrup into a separate container for moistening the cake. To the syrup in the
pan, add 2 cups confectioners' sugar and whisk until blended. Add 1 more cup confectioners' sugar
and whisk until smooth. Add up to 1 more cup confectioners' sugar, as needed to make a thick,
pourable glaze.
NOTE: The cake can be baked and soaked several days in advance; store it wrapped in plastic wrap.
Glaze the cake the day it will be served.

Chris said:

Well, since I'll be buying rum anyway, I thought I'd make a rum cake. The Italian restaurant I
mentioned as having closed, also had a rum cake that was quite delicious.

I think it was layered, and as I recall it was usually kept pretty cold (almost frozen).

All the rum cakes I see online seem to be either bundts or in octagonal tins.

Recipes anyone?

Look around for "baba au rhum" for a simple version, no layers

Here's Emeril's version: foodnetwork.com0,,FOOD 9936 24500,00.htmlOpen ↗

And here's an Italian rum cake with a custard filling:
webwombat.com.auital rum.htmOpen ↗

Pastorio

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No bundts please.

Looking for a layer cake. Trying to recreate a recipe.

"Bob Pastorio" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And here's an Italian rum cake with a custard filling:
webwombat.com.auital rum.htmOpen ↗

That's it! That's what I ate!

Thankyou, thankyou! 🙂)

in article [email hidden], Peggy at
[email hidden] wrote on 12/16/03 3:17 PM:

Quoted message said:

Chris said:

Well, since I'll be buying rum anyway, I thought I'd make a rum cake. The Italian restaurant I
mentioned as having closed, also had a rum cake that was quite delicious.

I think it was layered, and as I recall it was usually kept pretty cold (almost frozen).

All the rum cakes I see online seem to be either bundts or in octagonal tins.

Recipes anyone?

My mother won't dare touch the tiramisu, so I want something she can eat.

Try this:

Bacardi Rum Holiday Celebration Cake 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup Bacardi Gold rum, flavored rum, or other spirit 3 eggs 2 cups chopped pecans (divided use)
Rum glaze (recipe follows) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
Combine flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a mixer. Add butter and mix on low
speed until butter is worked in completely; the mixture will have a sandy appearance. In a small
bowl, combine milk, rum, and eggs. Whisk to blend. With mixer on low, add milk mixture to dry
ingredients and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in 11/2 cups pecans. Pour batter evenly
into pan. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until top of cake springs back when touched. While the cake is
baking, make rum glaze. When cake is done, remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes in pan.
Invert the cake onto a rack with a large plate underneath. With a wooden skewer or toothpick,
pierce cake all over, spacing marks about 1 inch apart. Spoon reserved rum syrup over cake to
soak in. Transfer cake to a clean plate and pour thickened glaze over top. Immediately sprinkle
with reserved pecans. Makes 16 servings.

Rum glaze: In a saucepan, combine 11/4 cups granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water and bring to a boil
over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup rum, then turn off heat. Add 4 tablespoons butter and stir
until melted. Pour 3/4 cup of syrup into a separate container for moistening the cake. To the
syrup in the pan, add 2 cups confectioners' sugar and whisk until blended. Add 1 more cup
confectioners' sugar and whisk until smooth. Add up to 1 more cup confectioners' sugar, as needed
to make a thick, pourable glaze.
NOTE: The cake can be baked and soaked several days in advance; store it wrapped in plastic wrap.
Glaze the cake the day it will be served.

This gives a similar result as the "classic" Bacardi rum cake, except this uses a scratch cake
recipe and the "classic" uses a mix.

It looks wonderful, and I might try it (though that one with the mix is pretty darn good as it
is!!!), but it's not what the OP wanted. He said he had found bundt pan recipes for rum cake. He was
looking for the Italian layered rum cake.

Try this recipe:

* Exported from MasterCook *

Italian Rum & Custard Cake

Recipe By : Shirley Cline of San Francisco. Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :1:00 Categories : A
Must Try Cakes Italian

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ --------------------------------
3 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 2 1/4 cups flour 2 cups milk 2 medium lemons -- zest of 1 cup butter -- at
room temperature 4 medium eggs
3/4 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4/2 teaspoon nutmeg
5/4 teaspoon baking soda
6/4 teaspoon salt
7/2 cup dark rum -- your favorite brand

Dig into this Italian rum cake

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Beat the yolks and 1/4 cup sugar together in a mixing bowl and slowly add
1/4 cup flour.

• Meanwhile, place the milk in a small pot and bring to the brink of boiling. Slowly pour the milk
over the yolk mixture, then pour the whole thing back into the pot. Place over medium heat and cook,
stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.

• Remove from heat and mix in the lemon peel. Scrape into a plastic container, cover and place in
the refrigerator to chill.

• Running your mixer at high speed, cream butter and remaining sugar together in a mixer fitted with
a paddle. Add the eggs one at a time, waiting until the previous one has been absorbed.

• Add the sour cream and mix until incorporated. Add vanilla, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Decrease
the speed to medium, add remaining flour and mix an additional minute. Scrape the batter into a 1-
quart round or rectangular cake pan, leaving
8/2 inch space at the top.

• Place on the middle rack of the oven for 50-60 minutes. The cake is done when the surface cracks
and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

• Remove cake from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes before unmolding onto rack. When the cake is
completely cool, slice it into 6 layers.

• Place the first layer on a cake platter and sprinkle with some of the rum. Cover the layer with
some of the custard mixture. Place the second layer on top of the custard, sprinkle with rum and
cover with more custard. Continue until the cake is assembled.

• Spread the custard all over the surface of the cake. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Source: Source: Cook's Exchange - The Daily Press - Veronica Hill; Victorville, CA Copied by Tom
Shunick - A Westminster Receptarist - July 8, 2003

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Sheryl Rosen said:

in article [email hidden], Peggy at [email hidden] wrote on
12/16/03 3:17 PM:

Quoted message said:

Chris said:

Well, since I'll be buying rum anyway, I thought I'd make a rum cake. The Italian restaurant I
mentioned as having closed, also had a rum cake that was quite delicious.

I think it was layered, and as I recall it was usually kept pretty cold (almost frozen).

All the rum cakes I see online seem to be either bundts or in octagonal tins.

Recipes anyone?

My mother won't dare touch the tiramisu, so I want something she can eat.

Try this:

Bacardi Rum Holiday Celebration Cake 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup Bacardi Gold rum, flavored rum, or other spirit 3 eggs 2 cups chopped pecans (divided
use) Rum glaze (recipe follows) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch
Bundt pan. Combine flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a mixer. Add butter
and mix on low speed until butter is worked in completely; the mixture will have a sandy
appearance. In a small bowl, combine milk, rum, and eggs. Whisk to blend. With mixer on low,
add milk mixture to dry ingredients and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Stir in 11/2 cups
pecans. Pour batter evenly into pan. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until top of cake springs back
when touched. While the cake is baking, make rum glaze. When cake is done, remove from oven
and let cool 10 minutes in pan. Invert the cake onto a rack with a large plate underneath.
With a wooden skewer or toothpick, pierce cake all over, spacing marks about 1 inch apart.
Spoon reserved rum syrup over cake to soak in. Transfer cake to a clean plate and pour
thickened glaze over top. Immediately sprinkle with reserved pecans. Makes 16 servings.

Rum glaze: In a saucepan, combine 11/4 cups granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water and bring to a
boil over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup rum, then turn off heat. Add 4 tablespoons butter and
stir until melted. Pour 3/4 cup of syrup into a separate container for moistening the cake. To
the syrup in the pan, add 2 cups confectioners' sugar and whisk until blended. Add 1 more cup
confectioners' sugar and whisk until smooth. Add up to 1 more cup confectioners' sugar, as
needed to make a thick, pourable glaze.
NOTE: The cake can be baked and soaked several days in advance; store it wrapped in plastic
wrap. Glaze the cake the day it will be served.

This gives a similar result as the "classic" Bacardi rum cake, except this uses a scratch cake
recipe and the "classic" uses a mix.

It looks wonderful, and I might try it (though that one with the mix is pretty darn good as it
is!!!), but it's not what the OP wanted. He said he had found bundt pan recipes for rum cake. He
was looking for the Italian layered rum cake.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:28:28 -0500, Bob Pastorio <[email hidden]>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

And here's an Italian rum cake with a custard filling:
webwombat.com.auital rum.htmOpen ↗

Bob, thanks for the post above. I was planning on doing an old fashioned trifle and wanted something
a little denser and a bit festive to contrast the trifle. This fills the bill perfectly. Can't wait
to try it out.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

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