Chocolate Rum Cake

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

A delicious chocolate rum cake with a rich rum glaze that's easy to make with chocolate cake mix and chocolate pudding for a fabulous Christmas dessert.

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 (3 9/10 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup white rum
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup white rum
1/4 cup water

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan; place chopped walnuts in the bottom of the pan.
2 Beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, 1/2 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of rum in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan over the walnuts.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the cake comes our clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
4 To make the rum glaze: Combine butter, sugar, 1/4 cup of rum, and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes; pour immediately over still warm cake.