This cake will knock your socks off! My mom’s favorite cake is a rum pineapple cake from a bakery in her hometown, which is infact amazing. My mom was here, in Connecticut, visiting and we got to celebrate Mother’s Day together, so I made her a rum poke cake and it did not disappoint. There’s no pineapple, but I don’t think it was missed because the butter rum glaze is out of this world!!

Rum Poke Cake With Butter Rum Glaze

• 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 {3.4-oz} package vanilla pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup canola oil {or no sugar added apple sauce}
• 1 Tbsp rum flavoring

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and thoroughly {I mean thoroughly} grease your bundt pan.
2. Sprinkle the brown sugar and chopped pecans in the bottom of the pan-it makes the most amazing topping…YUM!
3. Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil/apple sauce, and rum flavoring to a large bowl and mix until the batter is combined and smooth
4. Pour batter into your Bundt pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the cake springs back when lightly touched
5. When your cake has 10 minutes left to cook, make the glaze
6. Melt butter and sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat {Stirring constantly!}. Then add water and bring mixture to a boil for 4 to 5 minutes {Stirring constantly, you don’t want it to burn!}. Add the rum flavoring to the mixture and cook for 1 minute.
7. Remove your cake from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes
8. Using the back of a wooden spoon, or a toothpick poke holes all over the surface of the cake
9. Drizzle half of the glaze over the surface of the cake, then let sit for 10-15 minutes so the cake can absorb the glaze
10. Invert the cake onto a serving platter and very slowly drizzle the rest of the glaze over the top of the cake
11. Let the cake stand for a couple hours, if you can wait that long, to make sure it is really moist and full of flavorEnjoy!

So what do you think? Are you ready to try this Rum Poke Cake with Butter Rum Glaze yourself?