Double Chocolate Rum Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• To make the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cover a Bundt pan with non-stick baking spray. Whisk together flour and baking soda; set aside. In a large saucepan, over medium heat, add the butter and ginger beer and stir until butter is melted. Remove pan from the heat. Add the unsweetened cocoa and sugar and stir to combine. Pour in the rum and stir to combine. Add the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla and stir to combine, Add the flour mixture and stir until no flour streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan and bake until cake tester inserted in the thickest part of the cake is free of wet batter (a few crumbs will be visible), about 45 to 50 minutes. In the meantime, make the glaze. To make the glaze: In a small saucepan, over medium high heat, combine the butter, sugar, rum and water. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil. Lower heat and let simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Once the cake is done, transfer the Bundt pan to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Invert pan and turn out the cake out onto serving plate. Use a skewer and poke holes all over the cake and brush the cake all over with the glaze. Serve warm. Cover cake with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for up to two days, if any leftovers remain.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray non-stick cooking spray into two 9″ cake pans or use liners for 12 over-sized cupcakes.
• Mix the espresso powder into the rum until dissolved. Combine all ingredients together except chocolate chips. Mix thoroughly and then add chocolate chips.
• Divide batter evenly into prepared containers. Bake for 25-30 minutes for 9" rounds or 20-25 minutes for over-sized cupcakes. The cake is done when a toothpick comes out clean. Keep an eye on it and don't overbake it. Cool 10 minutes and then transfer to separate cake plates. Let cool completely and then put in the refrigerator overnight.
• About 15 minutes prior to serving, make the ganache. Heat cream in a sauce pan over medium heat until bubbling at the edges but not boiling. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Let sit for 5 minutes and then whisk until smooth. Add salt and rum and whisk again. Let cool until thick but still pourable.
• Top cake with ganache. Garnish with berries or mint leaves.
• Keep leftovers in the refrigerator in a sealed container. Will stay good for up to 2 weeks.

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE - FROM THE CAKE DOCTOR BOOK

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with some of the cake mix. Set the pan aside. Place the cake mix, pudding mix, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 cup of rum and 4 eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stope the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat for 2 to 3 minutes more, scraping the sides again if needed. The batter should look thick and smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips, distributing them evenly into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. Place the pan in the oven. Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and just starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, 50 to 55 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Run a long sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it on serving platter to cool. After the cake is cooled, poke holes in the top of the cake with a wooden skewer or toothpick. Spoon the hot raspberry sauce over the cake, allowing it to seep into the holes and drizzle down the sides and into the center of the cake. Raspberry Sauce: Meanwhile, prepare the raspberry jam and rum in a small saucepan over low heat. Heat, stirring constantly, until the jam is melted, 2 minutes. Shiny Chocolate Glaze: Melt the butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat. Add the cocoa powder and cream and stir until the mixture thickens, 2 minutes. Do not boil. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla until the mixture is smooth. Spoon glaze over the cooled cake.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Make chocolate cake as directed on package. Add 1 cup chocolate chips and 2 teaspoons vanilla to cake mix.
• 2. Bake at 350 degrees F as directed on package.
• 3. Remove cake from oven and let cool a bit. Make sure it is still warm before adding rum. Poke holes into cake and slowly pour rum over cake.
• 4. Mix powdered sugar with some butter and vanilla (a small amount) and whip, add a bit of milk if needed. Pour over top of cake. Add some pecans or walnuts on top (if desired)

CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch Bundt pan. Place chopped nuts in the bottom of the Bundt pan.
• With an electric mixer beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, 1/2 cup of the water, and 1/2 cup of the rum on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan over the top of the chopped nuts.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes.
• To Make Rum Glaze: In a saucepan combine the butter or margarine, sugar, 1/4 cup of the rum, and 1/4 cup of the water. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Pour immediately over still warm cake.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Sift together the cake and pudding mixes.
• 2. In a bowl combine eggs, sour cream, oil, rum, vanilla, nutmeg, and coffee. Beat on low 1 minute.
• 3. Add cake and pudding mixes and beat on high for 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
• 4. Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 50 minutes. Check for doneness and bake a little longer if needed, but do not over bake.
• 5. Let cool in pan 30 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely. Wrap cake to retain moisture.

CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Adjust rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven and preheat to 325°F.
• Choose a 9 inch Bundt pan or any other turban tube pan (10 cup capacity).
• Butter the pan well, then dust the whole inside of the pan with fine, dry plain bread crumbs.
• Shake out any excess crumbs and set aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• Melt chocolate in a small double boiler or microwave on low setting.
• Set aside to cool slightly.
• In a 2 cup glass measuring jug dissolve the coffee in the boiling water.
• Add cold water to the 1 1/2 cup line.
• Add 1/2 cup of dark rum. Set aside to cool completely.
• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter, add the vanilla and sugar.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth.
• Add chocolate and beat to mix well.
• Adjust the machine to low speed, add the dry ingredients and the coffee/rum liquid alternately and gradually to avoid splashing.
• Scrape the bowl with a spatula, and beat until smooth.
• Pour into pan, smooth the top to make level.
• Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Test for doneness with a cake tester or a long thin barbecue stick and bake only until the tester comes out clean and dry.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then cover with a rack and invert.
• Remove the pan.
• Using a pastry brush or any 1 inch bristle paint brush, paint the cake with the extra 1/3 cup of dark rum, it will absorb completely.
• Leave the cake on the rack to cool.
• The cake can be served plain, or it is delicious with coffee flavored whipped cream.

CRUZAN DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 10" tube pan, a 12-cup Bundt pan, or two mini-Bundt pans (mine has 6 wells which each hold 1 cup).
• Whisk together dry cake mix, dry pudding mix and cinnamon. In another bowl, whisk together milk, oil, rum, eggs, and almond extract. Pour wet ingredients into dry and whisk together until just incorporated; do not over mix. Fold in chocolate bits and optional nuts. Pour into pan, or divide evenly into mini-Bundt wells.
• Bake large cakes 55-65 minutes, mini-Bundts 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted halfway across comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove to a rack until completely cool.
• Meanwhile, combine butter and water in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until butter melts. Add sugar and bring to a boil, stirring often. Boil 5 minutes. Off heat, add rum and almond extract and stir to combine.
• Poke top of cake with a skewer at frequent intervals. Spoon glaze over cake; repeat if moister cake is desired.