Chocolaty-Peanut Butter Encrusted Rum Cake

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Total Time:
6 hr 30 min
Prep
20 min
Inactive
5 hr 0 min
Cook
1 hr 10 min
Yield:
8 to 10 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Batter:

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1/4 cup water

1 1/2-ounce milk chocolate candy bar

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1 package yellow cake mix with pudding in the mix

1 3/4-ounce package instant vanilla pudding

1/2 cup light rum

Primary Glaze:

1 stick butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup light rum

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup crushed peanut butter crunch candy bar (recommended: Butterfinger)

Secondary Glaze:

4-ounces milk chocolate candy bar

1/8 cup half-and-half

1 tablespoon butter

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup chocolate syrup

1/4 cup crushed peanut butter crunch candy bar (recommended: Butterfinger)

Cook's Note: Prepare cake and primary glaze the night before serving.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Lightly spray coat of nonstick spray, then butter and flour bottom of bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped pecans onto the buttered pan.

To make the batter, melt chocolate with 1/4 cup water by microwaving it for approximately 30 seconds and stir. In large mixing bowl, add melted chocolate mixture, eggs, oil, cake mix, pudding, and rum. Mix well. Pour batter in bundt pan and cook for 50 to 60 minutes.

To make the primary glaze, gently boil butter, sugar, rum, water and crushed Butterfinger candy bar. When cake is ready, remove from oven and place on foil-covered hot plate. Prick top of cake with fork several times around top. Pour glaze over top of cake, saturating evenly. Use all of the glaze.

Let it sit for 25 to 30 minutes. Get cake plate and put serving side down over top of bundt cake pan, thus inverting cake. Cover cake plate with dome and let sit 4 to 6 hours or overnight.

To make the secondary glaze, melt milk chocolate candy bar, half-and-half, butter, water, and chocolate syrup. Stir well, then heavily drizzle glaze over top of cake and down the sides.

Sprinkle 1/4 cup of crushed peanut butter crunch bar over top and let fall down sides. Serve.

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  • on December 23, 2012

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    I have made this cake a few times in the last year. I have become known for it. This is a delious fresh take on a old time english favorite. The cake is super moist, and will stay that way for at least four days(it has never made it past the four day mark. I tend no to use all the secondary glaze. Good thing it great on ice cream. ;

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  • on May 24, 2010

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    I have been looking for a recipe to make a Rum Cake and I think I've just found it! This looks like a real winner and I will buy the things necessary tomorrow (especially the Rum lol. My wife has told me she hasn't found a rum cake that tastes like one she had long ago, but that it was moist and had a delicious rum taste that left her breathless. I'm hoping this will be the one as I shall score major points with her. I'll come back and review how it came out in a few days.

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  • on December 08, 2008

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    In addition to the glaze, the cake calls for rum in the batter...but how much?

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