Pumpkin Rum Cake Recipes

PUMPKIN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease 12 cup bundt pan.
• Combine flour, spices, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated in a large mixer bowl and until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
• Add pumpkin and vanilla extract and beat well. Add flour to pumpkin mixture, 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour into prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.
• While cake is cooling make Butter Rum Glaze. Melt butter in a saucepan; stir in sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
• Poke holes all over cake with a long pick (I use a wooden skewer). Pour half of glaze over cake. Let stand 5 minutes and then invert onto plate. Make holes all over top of cake and pour remaining glaze over the top.
• Cool completely.

RUM-GLAZED PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan; sprinkle pecans onto bottom of pan., In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, oil, eggs and water until well blended. In another bowl, whisk cake mix and spices; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Transfer to prepared pan., Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine sugar, butter, cinnamon and cloves; cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in rum; cook and stir 2-3 minutes longer or until sugar is dissolved., Gradually brush glaze onto warm cake, about 1/4 cup at a time, allowing glaze to soak into cake before adding more. Cool completely.

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN CAKE WITH RUM-CREAM CHEESE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
• Sift the self-rising flour and pumpkin pie spice together into a bowl. In another mixing bowl, beat the white and brown sugars, vegetable oil, melted butter, applesauce, vanilla, pumpkin, and eggs together until smooth.
• Gradually beat the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, until completely smooth and well blended. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes. Cover cake with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning, and bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes longer. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for about half an hour.
• To unmold the cake, tap the bottom of the Bundt pan on the counter or work surface to help release it. Invert the cake on a serving plate and allow it to cool completely before glazing.
• To make the glaze, mix the cream cheese with the butter, confectioners' sugar, rum extract, and milk in a bowl. Heat in a microwave oven for 15 seconds. Drizzle spoonfuls over the cooled cake. Keep cake refrigerated after serving.

PUMPKIN BUNDT® CAKE WITH RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Coat the inside of a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• Combine cake mix, pumpkin, eggs, sugar, oil, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and cloves in a large bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until smooth and pour over nuts in the prepared tube pan. Tap the pan gently to release any air bubbles.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar, water, and pumpkin pie spice. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow glaze to cool slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in rum.
• Remove cake from the oven and immediately turn out onto a plate. Poke small holes around the whole cake and quickly drizzle glaze over top and sides. Repeat using all of the glaze.

PUMPKIN PECAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 12-cup tube pan; sprinkle pecans evenly over the bottom of the pan; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt; stir to combine.
• In another large mixing bowl, add 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, and brown sugar; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs; beat well to combine.
• Add pumpkin and vanilla; beat well to combine.
• Add flour mixture to batter one-third at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Pour batter into tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Let cool 10 minutes.
• To make glaze: melt the remainder of the butter in a saucepan.
• Add in the remaining sugar and water; stir and bring to a boil (add more water sparingly if not the consistency you want).
• Remove pan from heat; add in rum; stir to combine.
• Poke holes in cake with a toothpick.
• Pour half the rum mixture over the cake.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour the rest of the rum mixture over the cake.
• Cool.