Recipe: Holiday Rum Cake

HOLIDAY RUM CAKE

CAKE:
1 c. pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 (18 oz.) pkg. yellow cake
1 (3 3/4 oz.) pkg. Jello vanilla instant pudding & pie filling
4 eggs
1/2 c. cold water
1/2 c. Wesson oil
1/2 c. 80 proof dark rum

GLAZE:
1/4 lb. butter
1/4 c. water
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. 80 proof dark rum

Oven at 325 degrees. Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.

Mix all cake ingredients. Pour batter over nuts.

Bake 1 hour. Cool.

Invert on serving plate. Prick top. Spoon and brush glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until all glaze is used up.

Glaze:
Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.