Recipes Made with Cake Mixes
Eggnog Cake with Rum Syrup
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix*
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups commercial eggnog
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons rum or 1 teaspoon rum flavoring + 1 teaspoon brandy flavoring
Rum Syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons rum
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan with soft butter. Press almonds against sides and bottom of pan; set aside.
- In large bowl combine cake mix, nutmeg, eggs, eggnog, vegetable oil and flavoring. Beat at medium spread until smooth and creamy - about 4 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto a wire rack or serving plate to complete cooling.
- Prick cake with a thin skewer and top with Rum Syrup while cake is still warm.
Rum Syrup
- Boil sugar and water 5 minutes.
- Add butter, vanilla extract and rum. Cook until the mixture becomes syrupy.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.