Caribbean Smugglers Haitian Bungle Rum Cake Recipes

CARIBBEAN SMUGGLER'S HAITIAN BUNGLE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat overn to 325.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugars, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Combine milk, rum and vanilla extract.
• 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.
• Fold in pecans. Next, pour batter into a greased and floured 13 cup Bundt pan and bake for one hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove cake from pan and let cool completely on wire rack. May drizzle with over lightly with a confectioner's sugar icing, if desired.

MRS. PISCHKE'S RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour Bundt cake Pan.
• In large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients and blend on high for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Pour into Bundt pan and bake for 45 minutes.
• While cake bakes, combine in small saucepan, water and butter. Heat over medium heat until butter melts.
• Add sugar and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and stir in dark rum.
• Remove cake from oven and turn out into a 9 inch pie plate (with a lip) immediately.
• When cake is nearly cool, using a fork, poke holes all over the inside, outside and top.
• Slowly pour glaze over cake.

CHOCOLATE TAHINI RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade.
• Prepare the 24cm baking pan. Brush corn oil over the surface of the pan and then coat with sugar by adding in a cup, swirling it around until it covers the inside surface of the pan and then tipping out the excess onto a sheet of grease-proof paper. It can then be folded and poured back into the sugar canister.
• In a large bowl mix the tahini with a whisk so that any oil which had separated in the jar is incorporated.
• Add rum, orange juice and combine, then add icing sugar.
• Melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a double boiler and add to the mixture.
• Finally add the flour and a heaped teaspoon of baking powder and combine with the whisk. It will become quite thick with the addition of the flour.
• Pour into the pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the cake starts to smell good and comes away from the sides slightly.
• Turn out onto a wire rack and cool. Serve slightly warm with whipped cream.
• Note: that it will not rise so the pan should be full to the top. Also, the sugar coating makes the outside of the cake crunchy and sweet.

ALMOST TORTUGA RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Basic Cake Mix: In a large mixing bowl, combine basic cake mix ingredients.
• On low speed combine ingredients until the mix is the consistency of fine gravel, and all particles are about the same size.
• This mix may be contained and stored for up to 3 months in the refrigerator.
• For the Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Spray a large Bundt pan (12 cup) with nonstick cooking spray.
• Sprinkle the chopped walnuts on the bottom.
• 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.
• Batter should be very smooth.
• Pour into Bundt pan.
• Bake for about 55 minutes- until fully golden and tester comes out clean and cake springs back.
• Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack while making the soaking glaze.
• Rum Soaking Glaze:.
• Combine butter, water and sugar in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil carefully as mixture boils over very easily.
• Reduce to a simmer and cook until sugar is dissolved and syrup is well combined and a little thicker.
• Remove from the heat and add the rum, mix to combine.
• 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.
• Allow cake to cool completerly in pan before turning out onto serving platter.
• This cake is delicate, so once it is turned out, it can not be moved around easily.
• Can be eaten when fully cool, but even better the next day!