What to drink:Serve a splurge-worthy aged rum in a snifter, to sip like brandy.
Ingredients
Makes 12 servings
Cake
Sauce
For cake:
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 3-inch-high sides. Whisk flour and baking powder in medium bowl. Beat butter, sugar, and salt in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix 1 cup water and vanilla extract in measuring cup. Fold flour mixture into butter mixture in 3 additions alternately with water mixture in 2 additions. Transfer batter to prepared springform pan.
Step 2
Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)
For sauce:
Step 3
Combine first 7 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Boil without stirring until sauce is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 5 minutes. Cool slightly. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm slightly before continuing.)
Step 4
Remove sides from cake pan. Slice cake. Place 1 wedge on each plate. Place scoop of ice cream alongside. Spoon chopped tropical fruit alongside. Drizzle cake with sauce. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and serve.
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Reviews (4)
Back to TopI made this cake with a few modifications after reading the posted reviews - which really helped alot, and the cake was a huge success! Definately use milk or buttermilk instead of water! I also added, as someone here suggested, 1 tsp rum extract and 1 Tbls dark rum. Man, that did the trick, my whole house smelled rummy! I also used a different glaze which I found at allrecipes.com, made of 1 c butter and 1 c sugar melted together and 1/2 cup dark rum added after removed from heat. It was great - a huge hit! I made it for my co-workers before I went out to see the new Pirates of the Carribean/Jonny Depp movie. ;-)
lippgurl
Burlington, VT
7/7/2006
I definitely liked the flavor of the cake when soaked in a lot of the sauce and accompanied by Dole tropical fruit. It tasted "island like". The cake on its own however, is not worth making. It was very uninteresting.
redtayres
sf bay area
7/1/2006
First this isn't a rum cake recipe as there is no rum in the cake. Instead, I made a Trader Joe's vanilla mix plus a Tblspn of rum and teaspn of rum extract. (I can hear the gasps of shock...) I made the sauce as in the recipe and discovered that rum raisin ice cream isn't available here. We stirred raisins marinated in spiced rum into vanilla bean ice cream. The result was delicious served with fresh mango, pineapple, and strawberries.
Anonymous
Santa Cruz, CA
6/16/2006
It is just awful. I am a very good baker and this cake is a waste of time. Cake dry and too sweet, carmel sauce miserable and too sweet. Many great receipes out there. Don't wast time or money on this one.
ARLYNE
Tennessee
5/23/2006
