Best Orange Rum Cake Recipes

CRANBERRY ORANGE POUND CAKE WITH BUTTER RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Generously grease and lightly flour 12 cup fluted tube pan.
• In large bowl, beat 2 3/4 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter until light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla and orange peel.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In medium bowl, combine 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition.
• Gently stir in cranberries.
• Pour batter into greased and floured pan.
• Bake at 350 degree for 65 to 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Meanwhile, in small saucepan combine 1 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp flour.
• Stir in half-and-half and 1/2 cup butter.
• Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; stir in rum.
• Serve warm sauce over cake.

FRESH COCONUT CAKE WITH RUM AND ORANGE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease the bottom of two 9-inch cake pans. Cut wax paper to fit the bottoms, and grease and flour the wax paper. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at a time. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Whip egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into the cake batter along with the grated orange rind. Pour the batter into the pans and bake at 350° for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pans for a few minutes, invert onto rack, and peel off wax paper. ----------------------- Slice the layers in half to get 4 thin layers, prick with a fork, and drizzle with the mixture of orange juice and rum. Set aside. ----------------------- In saucepan, blend sugar with salt and cornstarch until mixture is smooth. Gradually add orange juice and bring to a boil on top of stove. Boil 1 - 2 minutes, remove from heat, and stir in butter, orange rind, and lemon juice. Cool. Spread 1/3 of mixture on first layer; stack second and third layers, repeating process. Add fourth layer. ----------------------- Whip cream until soft peaks form and add rum and sugar. Continue to whip until stiff. Spread over cake and pat shredded coconut onto sides and top. Yields one 4-layer 9-inch cake.

RUM-ORANGE COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine water & 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Add orange rind & cook 3 minutes. Drain well. Set orange rind aside for batter & filling. Cream butter; gradually add 2 cups of sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder & salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning & ending with flour mixture. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; fold egg whites & 2 tablespoons orange rind into batter. Grease two 9" cake pans, line pans with wax paper; grease & flour wax paper. Pour batter into pans; bake at 350 for 25 -30min. Cool 10 min; remove from pans & cool completely on wire racks. Split cake layers in 1/2 horizontally to make 4 layers. Spread Orange Filling between layer; spread Rum Cream on top & sides. Sprinkle w/coconut. Chill. Orange Filling: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in heavy saucepan; gradually stir in orange juice. Bring to a boil; cook over med heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in butter, lemon juice, and 2 T reserved orange rind. Cool. Yield: 1-1/2 cups. Rum Cream 1 cup whipping cream 1/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons rum Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar and rum; beat until still peaks form. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.

ORANGE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl of electric mixer cream butter, 1 cup sugar and orange and lemon peel until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat after each until thoroughly blended. At low speed add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Fold in walnuts.
• Spread batter evenly in greased 9 inch tube pan. Bake in center of preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven about 55 to 60 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean, cake shrinks slightly from sides of pan and surface springs back when pressed lightly with finger. Cool pan on rack slightly. In saucepan mix juices, remaining 1 cup sugar and the rum; bring to boil, then pour carefully over cake in pan. Cool, cover; let stand in pan a day or two before serving.

SPICED POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the Spiced Pound Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Prepare a bundt pan with an even coating of shortening and flour. Place chopped pecans evenly in the bottom of the bundt pan. In the bowl of a mixer, cream butter and sugars together, beating until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt; add flour mixture to egg mixture alternating the buttermilk, and beginning and ending with the flour. Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto wire rack to cool partially, and then place on a cake plate. Make the Orange Rum Glaze: Stir together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in small saucepan. Add juice and water mixture, zest, and rum. Cook over medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir. Pour approximately half of the glaze over the warm cake. Reserve remaining glaze for serving with the cake. Make the Chocolate Sauce: Place corn syrup and chocolate in a microwave-safe container. Microwave for 1 minute on high and then stir to melt chocolate. Add butter and vanilla and whisk until chocolate is thoroughly combined. Drizzle over cooled cake and serve.

ORANGE MANGO SPICED RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. In a mixing bowl combine ingredients 1-6. Mix until smooth. Pour mixture into a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to rest
• 3. In a small sauce pan, combine all the sauce ingredients except rum. Bring to a simmer and cook until all the sugar has dissolved. Remove the sauce from the heat. Add the rum to the sauce. Poke wholes in the cake and pour the sauce evenly over the cake. Allow the sauce to soak into the cake. Let the cake cool completely.
• 4. Turn the cake out and place on a serving dish
• 5. Combine the powdered sugar with some of the orange mango juice a little at a time until you have a light glaze. Pour the glaze over the cake.

SPICED POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the Spiced Pound Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Prepare a bundt pan with an even coating of shortening and flour. Place chopped pecans evenly in the bottom of the bundt pan.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream butter and sugars together, beating until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt; add flour mixture to egg mixture alternating the buttermilk, and beginning and ending with the flour. Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto wire rack to cool partially, and then place on a cake plate.
• Make the Orange Rum Glaze: Stir together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in small saucepan. Add juice and water mixture, zest, and rum. Cook over medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir. Pour approximately half of the glaze over the warm cake. Reserve remaining glaze for serving with the cake.
• Make the Chocolate Sauce: Place corn syrup and chocolate in a microwave-safe container. Microwave for 1 minute on high and then stir to melt chocolate. Add butter and vanilla and whisk until chocolate is thoroughly combined. Drizzle over cooled cake and serve.

SPICED POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the Spiced Pound Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.Prepare a bundt pan with an even coating of shortening and flour. Place chopped pecans evenly in the bottom of the bundt pan.In the bowl of a mixer, cream butter and sugars together, beating until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt; add flour mixture to egg mixture alternating the buttermilk, and beginning and ending with the flour. Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto wire rack to cool partially, and then place on a cake plate.Make the Orange Rum Glaze: Stir together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in small saucepan. Add juice and water mixture, zest, and rum. Cook over medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir. Pour approximately half of the glaze over the warm cake. Reserve remaining glaze for serving with the cake.Make the Chocolate Sauce: Place corn syrup and chocolate in a microwave-safe container. Microwave for 1 minute on high and then stir to melt chocolate. Add butter and vanilla and whisk until chocolate is thoroughly combined. Drizzle over cooled cake and serve.
• Recipe courtesy Michele Foster, The Sugar Fix, Choctaw, OK