Rum Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; butter an 8- or 9-inch flat-bottomed tube pan; dust with all-purpose flour, invert over the kitchen sink, and tap to remove excess.
• To soften the raisins--place in a steam basket in a medium saucepan and steam for 1 minute over boiling water (do not submerge the raisins or they will absorb too much water).
• Spread them out over several layers of paper towels and dry thoroughly.
• Using a triple sifter, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
• Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces and place it along with the rinds in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment.
• Soften on low speed.
• Increase speed to med-high and cream until smooth and light in color, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
• Add in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, taking 6-8 minutes to blend it in well; scrape the sides of the bowl occasionally.
• Add in eggs, 1 at a time at 1-minute intervals, scraping the sides of the bowl again.
• Blend in the vanilla.
• Decrease mixer speed to low; add the dry ingredients in three additions alternately with the rum in two additions, mixing until incorporated after each addition; mix the batter for 15 seconds longer.
• Remove bowl from mixer and fold in raisins with a rubber spatula.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan; smooth the surface with the back of a tablespoon.
• Center the pan on the rack and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown on top and begins to come away from the sides of the pan; or toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry.
• Remove cake from oven; set on a cake rack for 10-15 minutes; invert cake onto a rack and remove the pan.
• Turn cake top side up onto a second cake rack to cool at room temperature.
• Cut a double thickness of cheesecloth to measure approximately 18 x 24 inches.
• Saturate in 1/4 cup dark Jamaican rum; open the rum soaked cheesecloth and stretch flat on an 18-inch square of heavy-duty foil; arrange cake in the center of the cheesecloth.
• Wrap the cloth over the cake by lifting the ends and bringing them to the center.
• Then wrap tightly in foil; place the cake in a plastic bag and seal; let stand at room temperature overnight.
• The following day, remove the foil and unwrap the cake; remoisten the cheesecloth with an additional 1/4 cup rum; rewrap the cake in the cheesecloth and foil and return to the plastic bag to age for 2-3 days or up to 10 days.
• It is not necessary to remoisten the cheesecloth after the second day.
• Wrap leftover cake in the cheesecloth; store in plastic wrap or foil at room temperature for up to 10 days.

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add sour cream all at one time.
• Then add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each.
• Sift flour and soda together and gradually add to batter.
• When all ingredients are well blended, add flavoring.
• Pour into a well-greased and floured tube pan.
• Bake at 325 for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• If desired add icing to cooled cake.
• Icing directions; Beat softened butter with other ingredients.
• Pour on cold cake.
• Cake is very moist and keeps well.

Steps:

• Grease and flour two 9x5 loaf pans and sprinkle bottoms evenly with pecans.
• Set aside.
• Beat 1-1/4 cups butter at medium speed wtih an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy.
• Gradually add brown sugar and 1/4 cup white sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating until the yellow just disappears.
• Combine milk, rum and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture~ beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• Pour batter evenly into pans.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire rack 15 minutes.
• Remove from pans.
• Bring remaining 1/2 cup sugar, remaining 1/4 cup butter, light rum and 2 tablespoons water to a boil in a saucepan, and boil, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
• Drizzle over warm cakes and cool completely on wire racks.

Steps:

• Combine the raisins and rum in a small bowl and soak for several hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan or ring pan.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs 2 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat on low to combine. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the flour mixture. Fold in the raisins with their soaking liquid.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the top is golden and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and coconut milk together in a small bowl until there are no lumps; add more coconut milk or sugar to reach the consistency of school glue.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and place on the rack. While the cake is still warm, drizzle the coconut glaze over the top and sprinkle with the shredded coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease entire 12-cup tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
• In a small bowl, combine milk, rum and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
• Bake 1 hour and 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes clean.
• Pierce top of cake 8-10 times with a thin skewer. Pour Rum Glaze over hot cake.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, invert onto wire rack and let cool completely. Serve cake pecan side up.
• Rum Glaze:.
• In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 9 inch tube pan generously, and dust with ground almonds.
• Combine apricots with rum and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with almond paste and 1/2 cup sugar.
• Add egg yolks and beat until light and fluffy.
• Mix in apricots in rum and almond extract until well blended.
• Mix in flour until well blended, but don't over mix.
• In another bowl beat egg whites until fluffy.
• Into the egg whites, gradually beat in remaining 1/2 cup of sugar until stiff and shiny.
• Mix 1/3 of the egg whites into the creamed mixture.
• Carefully fold in the remaining egg whites until well blended but not overmixed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean and cakes slightly pulls away from side of pan. I start checking at about 55 minutes.
• Note* The Rum flavor is faint, but complimentary. If you want a more pronounced rum flavor, sub rum extract for the almond extract.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray bundt cake pan with baking spray/flour.
• In a large bowl, beat butter, shortening, and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer, until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• With a wooden spoon, add flour in 4 parts, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Stir to combine.
• Add rum and vanilla, stirring to combine. Place batter in pan.
• Bake one hour and 20 minutes. After 40 minutes cover with foil. Let cool in pan 15 minutes.
• While cake is cooling, combine sugar and water for glaze in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add rum and vanilla, let cool slightly.
• Remove cake from pan. Brush glaze on cake, letting it soak onto cake after each application, until all glaze is used. Let cool completely.
• Enjoy now or wrap as airtight as you can. Let cake mellow for 6 weeks or so in a very cool, dry place. If you make the cake in November, it should be just great by Christmas.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat an 8 X 4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stirring with a whisk until blended.
• Place granulated sugar and better in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add Egg Beaters, beating well. Add flour mixture and 1/2 cup rum alternately with sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 F for 50 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Run a knife around edges of pan; remove cake from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
• To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons spiced rum, stirring until smooth. Drizzle glaze over the cake.