Cuthberts' Tea Shoppe Rum Cake

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My family & I really enjoyed consuming this cake. It went fast, too! I used the cake mix with the pudding so I didn't add extra pudding. It was perfectly moist. I also added an extra tbsp of rum to the glaze. Try it!!

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My husband and I absolutely LOVED this recipe. Tastes just like what we grew up with. The icing is a little challenging to get just right, but other than that....Delicious. We make it for all our guests, and they beg to take some home every time. So Good!!! Also, it is a half cup of each like it says....not divided among the three ingredients.

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The Recipe is very easy, and it tastes quite good. I didn't follow it exactly as I didn't have everything on hand, and at 3am I wouldn't have been able to get them. I used chocolate pudding in place of vanilla, and cocnut rum in place of dark rum. Also I added Shredded coconut to the mixture, it helped to bring out the coconut flavor of the rum. Over all it was pretty good. My first shot at rum cake!

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My grandmother used to make a rum cake almost identical to this one. I am glad to have an old favorite back in my life.

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I accidentally made this cake using a brand with pudding already in the mix...it still turned out great. I was able to use some of the rum I brought back from Puerto Rico. It was a hit at the party I brought it to. The batter was very thick when mixing, and I was afraid it would turn out dry, but it was moist and delicious.

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I'm pretty positive it's 1/2 cup EACH rum, oil, and water. I tried the other way and the batter was impossibly thick. It seemed wrong so I checked around and found a similar recipe on other sites clearly labelled 1/2 cup each.

Maybe somebody at foodtv could fix this?

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First of all, to anonymous : don't berate others for good questions and then hide behind your anonymity. Also, you were very snotty about pointing out your correction and, ironically, you are the person who is wrong!

A few years back, or perhaps many years back, Bacardi Rum ran this recipe to promote their dark rum brand. If you want specific sizes for the cake mix or the pudding mix, it is supposed to be a 520 gram cake mix and a 113 gram pudding mix. Anyways, regarding the mixture of oil, water and rum, it is actually 1/2 cup of each, meaning 1/2 cup of oil, 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of rum to equal 1 1/2 cups total. It is not 6 tablespoons and, considering that you have never made the recipe, you should not be so condescending!

This really is quite a delicious cake. It is moist, slightly heavy, the rum taste is not too strong and the cake holds up quite well for days. People seem to really love it when it arrives at a party!

The only difference that I notice in this recipe, compared to the Bacardi recipe, is that the amount of butter for the glaze is 1/2 cup butter (Bacardi recipe as opposed to the 2 tablespoons and 1/2 cup rum (Bacardi recipe as opposed to the 2 tablespoons.

I don't remember the baking times given in this recipe, but for the Bacardi cake, you bake it at 325 for 1 hour.

Enjoy! And, please try to be a bit more mindful of other people's feelings before replying to their questions.

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This couldn't be easier to prepare and
for those in doubt when "combination in equal parts" is listed .. I suggest you get out the measuring spoons.
Extra rum is a good idea!

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I made it, mind you I'm only 21 and have no experience in the kitchen whatsoever, it was easy and everyone loved it!! I highly recommend this recipe to whomever wants to bake something easy and still impress friends!!

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I tried this recipe for a holiday dessert this christmas with the family. I read the other reviews and had the same concerns of the "1/2 cup combinations". What I did was actually follow the directions that were on the cake mix box. I omitted mixing the vanilla pudding mixture because I accidentally bought the cake mix that already had 1 cup of vanilla pudding in the powder and I didn't want to take any chances. The cake actually turned out very well. I got alot of compliments from the family. The cinnamon flavoring to the cake mix and adding just a little more rum to the glaze ingredients complimented the taste of the cake.