Tortuga Golden Rum Cake from Caribbean, 454g

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To prepare the batter, you’ll use the same process as with the basic recipe except add in the new citrus ingredients. I love the way this cake smells when it is baking in the oven. It perfumes the whole house!

I hope with all this talk of rum and the delicious recipes you saw this week, you have been inspired to plan your next vacation to the Caribbean. Looking for ideas? How about Dominica? With its unspoiled beauty, it is a great destination for nature lovers! There are basically three types of rum, depending on how long it has been aged – white, amber or dark. I’ve made this cake with both white rum and amber rum at different times, but you can use whichever you have about. Some people also mix and may use half white and half dark rum when making it. Don’t drink alcohol? On low speed combine ingredients until the mix is the consistency of fine gravel, and all particles are about the same size. Most versions include chopped walnuts, however I have nut allergies. You may utilize the nuts as you prefer, when indicated in the recipe instructions.

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Add the eggs, milk, rum, oil and vanilla extract. Beat until well combined and smooth, scraping the sides as needed….. Place the cake mix, pudding mix, orange juice, melted butter, rum, eggs, and orange zest in a large mixing bowl. Spoon the glaze over the cake, allow it to seep into the holes and drizzle down the sides and into the center of the cake. This makes a really big cake, so you’ll have lots to share round. I made the batter in my KitchenAid and it nearly filled it! So you will need a big bowl and a strong arm if you don’t use a food mixer for this, but it’s worth it. Caribbean Rum Cake is a soft and moist cake to be enjoyed during holiday time or any special occasion!This from scratch version of Caribbean Rum Cake is super soft and moist and drunk with rum – as it should be!

Mix together cake mix, pudding mix, rum, oil, water, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.Blend together with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. All Caribbean islands have large sugarcane plantations. Sugar is one of the major GDP in most of the Caribbean except on islands like Aruba, which is a tropical desert. You can use this same methodology, but use juice instead of rum. Use mango juice or papaya or guava to at least keep it along the tropical themes from the Caribbean! Travel to the Caribbean When I visit the Caribbean, I am usually so filled with delicious home cooking from my family that I am not usually looking for cakes when I am getting ready to leave. The cake also has a crunchy sugar crust because the bundt tin (or kugelhopf which I used) is coated in butter and granulated sugar before placing it in the fridge to harden up. This adds another texture to the cake along with the icing and rich centre.Allow cake to cool completely in the pan {preferably overnight}.Carefully remove cake from the bundt pan. This cake is rather delicate and you can not move it once it is on the cake plate. 😉

Best of all, this Tortuga Rum Cake from Scratch still has the amazing flavor and texture you get from the Tortuga Rum Cake often sold in airport duty free shops in the Caribbean. Allowed to season for at least a day, your cake will not have a ‘smelly alcohol’ scent, nor will it taste as though you’ve doused your dessert with a drink. Or two. This cake is not simply infused with rum flavor so that you just get a slight aftertaste. This cake is drunk with rum, literally, as the methodology involves feeding the cake with a rum syrup after it has been baked.Place Basic Cake Mix, pudding mix, milk, eggs, rum, oil, and vanilla extract in a large bowl and combine on medium speed with electric mixer for 2 to 3 minutes, scrape down the bowl halfway through. Grease and flour a 27-cm bundt pan or fluted cake tin and sprinkle the bottom with the chopped walnuts. While cake is still cooling, pour some of the hot syrup on top of the cake, allowing it time to soak in (this may take a few minutes as there will be a lot of syrup) continue to add syrup until all of the syrup is added.