RUM-GLAZED PUMPKIN CAKE

Rum-Glazed Pumpkin Cake image

For years, my co-workers were taste testers as I worked on a recipe for pumpkin cake. This version wins, hands down. -Gilda Smith, Santee, California

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 1h15m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
4 large eggs
1/4 cup water
1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
GLAZE:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dash ground cloves
1/2 cup rum

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan; sprinkle pecans onto bottom of pan., In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, oil, eggs and water until well blended. In another bowl, whisk cake mix and spices; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Transfer to prepared pan., Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine sugar, butter, cinnamon and cloves; cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in rum; cook and stir 2-3 minutes longer or until sugar is dissolved., Gradually brush glaze onto warm cake, about 1/4 cup at a time, allowing glaze to soak into cake before adding more. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 352 calories, Fat 22g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 82mg cholesterol, Sodium 113mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (28g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.