The Rum Cake Won!

[Johio]

I'm not allowed to show up on food day at work without this....lol

I'm thinking of trying it with chocolate cake and chocolate pudding and see how it does.

Variations I've tried with moderate success....

Infuse the cake with some glaze using a turkey baster with an infusion needle (I made 50% more glaze when I did this).
Substitute coconut water for the water (both cake and glaze).
Add some lavender florets to the cake mix and to the pecans (1/2 tsp each if I remember correctly).
And of course, using more rum and less water in the cake batter...lol

Like Jeannieb said, be careful when adding the rum to the boiled glaze. It will bubble up.

[northcoast]

When you add the rum to the glaze, you have to remove the pot from the heat source....it will still bubble up some though.

I think the chocolate version would be nice if you put some Tia Maria in the glaze, in addition to the rum! That would go great with the chocolate!!