Except of course, for the 2 rum cake tiers, filled with pineapple. Those were a given. (We finally settled on Red Velvet and Vanilla-Chocolate with raspberry filling for the other two – it was all delicious!)
The cake was a hit! It was even more gorgeous than I could have imagined, and the flavors were out of this world! We had almost an entire tier left over to enjoy the following week!
INGREDIENTS:
1 box Duncan Hines Classic Golden Butter Cake mix (preferred mix) or Classic Yellow
1/4 C (4 oz.-1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3 large eggs
8-oz. can crushed pineapple in juice, drained (reserve juice to make 1/4 cup)
1/4 C reserved juice of crushed pineapple
1/4 C Malibu Rum (or any light rum)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray Pam for baking into a bundt pan. Using an electric mixer, combine cake mix, butter, eggs, 1/4 C reserved juice and 1/4 C Rum, beat at low speed to combine. Beat at medium speed for two minutes. Fold in drained crushed pineapple. Pour batter in prepared pan Bake 33-36 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. While cake is baking, prepare glaze.
How to make it
GLAZE:
1/2 C cream of coconut (Coco Lopez)
1/2 C Malibu rum
1/4 C confectioner’s sugar
Shake cream of coconut can well before measuring. Add cream of coconut to small saucepan and heat just until bubbles form. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Set aside. When cake is done baking, set on a rack. Use a thin bamboo skewer to poke holes in cake. Pour half of glaze over warm cake, letting it soak in.
When cake is cool, turn onto serving plate. Whisk together remaining glaze with confectioner’s sugar until smooth and drizzle over top of the cake.
(makes 1 bundt cake)
