Rum Cake

Rum cake is generally a yellow sponge cake made with rum, soaked in rum or topped with a rum sauce or frosting. Rum cake can be easily prepared and is commonly made as a dessert for Christmas, Thanksgiving or any other time of the year.

Rum cake is popular in the Caribbean area and is thought to have originated around the 17th century. The method for cooking rum cake was initially by steaming, but later it changed to a baking method. Some rum cakes have fresh or dried fruit baked into them, and are also sometimes referred to as Caribbean fruit cakes.http://www.rumcake.com/company.asp.html

Rum cake recipes can be found in cookbooks and online. Some popular websites where you can find rum cake recipes include CDKitchen.com, Cooks.com, and AllRecipes.com.http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/cat/926/http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-00,rum_cake,FF.htmlhttp://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=rum%20cake Some of the main ingredients include yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, and dark rum as well as other common cake ingredients such as eggs, butter, sugar, water, vegetable oil, and chopped walnuts.http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Golden-Rum-Cake/Detail.aspx

For a basic rum cake, a bundt cake pan is typically utilized. A batter can be made with most of the ingredients and some nuts or pieces of fruit can be sprinkled at the bottom of the pan or on top of the cake. Once the cake is baked, a frosting is sometimes glazed over the top.http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,2271,153176-239203,00.html