Christmas Recipes

Pumpkin Pecan Rum Cake

Pumpkin makes a delightful addition to your rum cake! The rum butter glaze in this recipe adds elegance and flavor to this classic cake.

Pumpkin Pecan Rum Cake

Yield: 12 to 16 servings

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 (15 ounce) can Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Rum Butter Glaze

  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons dark rum or 1 teaspoon rum extract

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 12 cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom.

Cake

  1. Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
  2. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs; beat well.
  4. Add pumpkin and vanilla extract; beat well.
  5. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  6. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  7. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean.
  8. Cool for 10 minutes.
  9. Make holes in cake with long pick; pour half of Glaze over cake. Let stand for 5 minutes and invert onto plate.
  10. Make holes in top of cake; pour remaining Glaze over cake. Cool.
  11. Garnish as desired.

Rum Butter Glaze

  1. Melt butter or margarine in small saucepan; stir in granulated sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in dark rum or rum extract.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Libby's and meals.com



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