Lemon Rum Cake Using Cake Mix

A matter of taste.

Lemon rum cake using cake mix.

Rum cake averie cooks. Rumchata is bottled at just 27 5 proof and most limoncello is 60 proof. Now i use appleton estates dark rum. 2 cups powdered sugar 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice.

Always well loved wherever i take it. Unsalted butter dark rum kosher salt yellow cake mix instant vanilla pudding mix and 7 more. Sugar yellow cake mix dark rum brown sugar finely chopped pecans and 7 more. This recipe has been a favorite of mine for at least 20 years.

Totally scratch made rum pound cake with rum glaze. In a large bowl combine cake mix and flour. I use doctored up cake mix recipes frequently but only if the result doesn t advertise that i ve done so. 2 cup cake flour sifted tsp baking powder tsp salt 1 cup sugar grated lemon zest of 3 lemons 5 large eggs 2 3 cup vanilla low fat yogurt 3 tbsp dark rum 7 tbsp unsalted butter melted and cooled.

Mixed peel grate lemon peel and strain the juice. When combined the drink s alcohol content is around 16 percent abv 32 proof. Rum cake is a classic old fashioned recipe that has been made often over the years. Grease a bundt pan and set aside.

The lemon cake recipe is made with two liqueurs so it s relatively mild. In the bowl of your stand mixer mix the oil milk lemon juice and zest sugar baking powder eggs and vanilla. 1 3 cup fresh lemon juice 1 3 cup granulated sugar. Using the dark rum however does give it a much better taste.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Wash and clean fruit stone. Rum cake the new york melrose family. Water butter light rum brown sugar vegetable oil light rum and 6 more.

I can t imagine all this mixing by hand or even with a hand mixer. I used bacardi dark rum up until two years ago as the original recipe was bacardi rum cake. Read the recipe through completely at least twice so you know what comes next. The recipe is perfect as are the instructions to prepare it.

However as is typical with a yellow cake mix not even a cup of good rum could disguise that cake mix taste. For the glaze too. The finished cake mixture should be stiff and. The mixture curdle mix in a little flour.

This easy version starts with a cake mix and a homemade glaze that you drizzle over the top of the baked cake. A stand mixer will make your life immensely easier.