Rum Soaked Sponge Cake Recipes

RUM SOAKED SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan stir water, corn syrup and sugar over medium heat, stir until it boils and the sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Pour in rum.
• Without removing spongecake from pan poke many holes halfway through the cake with a skewer approx 1/2 inch apart.
• Slowly pour all the rum mixture all over the cake. Let sit for a few minutes or overnight to soak.
• Serve with whipped cream if desired.

RUM SOAKED FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• For the Cake:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt or tube pan.
• In a small saucepan on low heat, melt chocolate chips with milk.
• Combine chocolate mixture with remaining cake ingredients; blend well.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake in preheated 350 degrees F. oven for 40-50 minutes.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto wire rack (with a piece of waxed paper placed under the rack to catch any syrup drippings) to cool.
• For the Syrup:
• Combine sugar and water over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Stop stirring and bring syrup to boil. Remove pan from heat and stir in rum. Randomly pierce cake with fork.
• Pour half of syrup over cake.
• Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Using pastry brush, gently brush remaining syrup over top and sides of cake.
• For the Glaze:
• Bring cream and corn syrup to a gentle boil then remove from heat.
• Pour mixture over chocolate chips, let stand until melted them whisk smooth.
• Whisk in rum and vanilla.
• Pour over cake.
• Chill the cake for 5-10 minutes to set glaze.
• Refrigerate glazed cake in an airtight container.
• Remove cake from refrigerator one hour before serving.