Gateaux au Rum (Rum Cakes)

Yield: about 35 cakes

Ingredients

• 1 angel food cake
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg white
• 2 tablespoons light rum
• 1 (1 pound) box confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups finely chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Buy or prepare angel food cake. Slice horizontally through middle of cake, then make perpendicular slices 1 inch apart around cake, creating 1 x 1 x 2 inch wedges.
2. To cooled butter add unbeaten egg white and rum and beat in enough sugar to make mixture an easy spreading consistency.
3. Spread mixture on all sides of cake wedge. Roll immediately in pecans.
4. May be prepared ahead 3 to 4 days.
5. Tore in refrigerator in airtight container. Freezes well.