Last Updated on December 12, 2023
This butter rum cake recipe is an outstanding choice of cake for any occasion, or even as a pick-me-up to satisfy your sweet cravings. Made from scratch, this butter rum cake recipe is buttery and moist. It’s a classic rum cake recipe that is incredibly easy to make!
Simply pull out your beautiful Bundt pan, coat it with sugar, and bake up a butter rum-laced yellow cake to golden perfection. If you are a pro, go ahead and poke holes all over the cake and pour in extra butter-rum sauce to fill in the gaps. Once you flip the cake on a pedestal, drizzle the remaining sauce on top as a glaze.
Butter Rum Cake Recipe – Option 1
Let’s look at several recipes you can try at home, and enjoy this delicious cake.
Ingredients
- 1 butter cake mix
- ½ cup butter (unsalted) at room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ cup dark rum or spiced rum
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 350F/180C. Butter and flour a Bundt pan, tapping out any excess.
Step 2: Mix, mix, mix
Beat butter on a medium speed until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then add vanilla extract and ground cinnamon.
Step 3: Keep mixing
Reduce mixer speed to low, and add butter cake mix a little at a time.
Step 4: Rum time!
Beat until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed, and beat in rum.
Step 5: Bake
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Step 6: Let it cool
Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Then, turn out the cake onto a rack to cool completely before glazing.
For the glaze…
Step 1: Mix
In a small bowl, cream butter until smooth. Then, gradually beat in sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Beat in the desired amount of rum.
Step 2: Serve and enjoy!
Drizzle butter rum glaze over cooled cake. Serve and enjoy!
Butter Rum Cake Recipe – Option 2
Ingredients
- 1 butter cake mix
- ⅓ cup dark rum or spiced rum
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup butter (unsalted), at room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat the oven
Preheat oven 350F/180C/ Butter and flour a Bundt pan, tapping out any excess.
Step 2: Mix
In a mixer, combine butter cake mix, water, butter, and eggs. Beat on a medium speed for two minutes until well blended, and scrape down sides of the bowl as needed.
Step 3: Bake
Pour the batter into your prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until it’s fully cooked.
Step 4: Let it cool
Cool the cake in a pan on a wire rack for around 20 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely before glazing.
Whether you are celebrating a birthday, graduation, or just want to enjoy butter rum cake with your morning coffee, it is sure to bring smiles to everyone’s faces.
Butter Rum Cake Recipe – Option 3
This option is a butter rum cake made from scratch and embellished with pecans, and then soaked with a sweet buttered rum sauce to make a completely irresistible dessert.
Ingredients
- butter cake recipe (from scratch)
- butter, for greasing the pan
- all-purpose flour, for dusting the pan
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- ⅓ cup dark rum or spiced rum
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup butter (unsalted), at room temperature
- ¾ cup chopped pecans, for garnish
For the butterscotch sauce
- ⅓ cup butter (unsalted)
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup dark rum or spiced rum
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat the oven
Preheat oven 350F/180C. Butter and flour a Bundt pan, tapping out any excess.
Step 2: Mix
To make butter cake (from scratch): in a mixer combine butter, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix on a medium speed for two minutes until well blended, and be sure to scrape down sides of the bowl. Add rum and water, then mix on a low speed for 30 seconds until combined. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat for a further two minutes.
Step 3: Bake
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until fully cooked. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely before butter rum glaze sauce is added.
For the butterscotch Sauce
Step 1: Melt and combine
In a small saucepan over a medium heat, melt butter then add brown sugar, stirring constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon, Keep doing so until butter and sugar are fully combined.
Step 2: Reduce
Now add heavy cream and rum. Bring butter mixture to a low boil, reduce heat and simmer for two minutes without stirring.
Step 3: Let it cool
Remove from heat. Cool butter sauce slightly before serving over butter cake, with whipped cream.
Conclusion
This butter rum cake recipe is one of the easiest to make, and is well-loved for being a yummy dessert. It is buttery, sweet, moist, and has a light crumb.
Whether you are celebrating a birthday, graduation, or just want to enjoy butter rum cake with your morning coffee, it is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face that tries it. This butter rum cake recipe is perfect for any occasion! Try it any day, any time, and let us know the outcome in the comments below. We can’t wait to hear from you.
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