This is tried and tested recipe for Belizean Style Rum Cake. Read on for the recipe!
Belize Rum Cake
- 1 pkg Duncan Hines yellow cake mix the kind that uses 1 bar of butter
- 1 small pkg of vanilla instant pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup Belizean Rum
- 1/2 cup water
Method
- Place all the above in a bowl and beat 3 mins with a mixer.
- In a bundt cake pan melt 1/2 bar butter add 1/2 cup brown sugar to it.
- and scattered a few pecans on bottom of cake pan. Pour Cake mixture over top and bake about 35 mins at 350 degrees F.
- While the cake is baking, in a small saucepan put 1/2 cup of rum add 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 bar of butter and 1 cup of brown sugar or white sugar, bring to a boil and remove from stove.
- When cake is baked, prick cake with a skewer and gently pour rum syrup over it. Allow to soak a few minutes before before turning over on serving plate.
Update: A Belize News Post reader tried our recipe and sent us some delicious pictures of the results. Amazing! Thank You Debra Milstead.
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My mother and all Belizean that I know make their cake from scratch. Not from Duncan Hines Yellow Cake mix!
Hubert, thanks for the recipe. This recipe is tried and true. It’s works perfectly, but we love to know your trick for making rum cake without a pudding mix. Please share it with us!