Chocolate Rum Cake

A delicious chocolate rum cake with a rich rum glaze that's easy to make with chocolate cake mix and chocolate pudding for a fabulous Christmas dessert.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 2830 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 0.5 cup butter
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 0.25 cup water
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.5 cup white rum
• 0.25 cup white rum

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan; place chopped walnuts in the bottom of the pan.

Step 2

Beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, 1/2 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of rum in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan over the walnuts.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the cake comes our clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Step 4

To make the rum glaze: Combine butter, sugar, 1/4 cup of rum, and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes; pour immediately over still warm cake.