365 Days of Cooking

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Rum Cake

4 cups cake flour

2 tsps Baking powder

5 eggs

1/2 cup Rum

1 cup milk

2 tsps vanilla extract

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter (2 sticks)

1 cup Shortening

Glaze:(heat all the ingredients in a pot until the sugar is dissolved)

1 stick of butter

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup water

1/2 cup rum

In a medium bowl mix the flour with the baking soda (this will be your flour mix). In a measuring cup mix the rum, vanilla, and milk (this will be you liquid mix). Cream together the butter, shortening and the sugar in a mixer. After the sugar is creamed alternate adding the flour mixture, the liquid mixture, and the eggs until all the ingredients are completely mixed. Spray a bundt cake pan with butter or baking spray. Pour the cake batter into the pan. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 40-50 mins. Pour the glaze on once the cake has cooled.