Cook This: Rum & Raisin Cake.
April 11th, 2010 by omar , No Comments
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Feeling brave enough to want to make a cake from scratch? Then check out the details below…
Rum & Raisin Cake Ingredients:
- 5 large eggs
- 1 2/3 cups of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 7 tablespoons dark rum
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups of brown raisins
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 2 teaspoons of whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups of sifted all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups of (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted
- butter, at room temperature
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Use butter and flour for a 12 cup Bundt pan. Toss raisins along with 2 tablespoons flour in small bowl.
- Combine the remaining flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.
- In a large size bowl, beat the butter using a electric mixer until its light. Add 1 2/3 cups of sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Adding the eggs 2 at a time, beat after each addition until its well blended.
- Now beat in 6 tablespoons of rum and vanilla. Mix in the flour mixture, fold in the raisin mixture then spoon the batter right into the prepared pan.
- Bake the cake until the top is a golden brown color and the tester inserted near the center comes out clean for 1 hour.
- For 10 minutes cool the pan on the rack. Turn out the cake on a rack and cool off completely.
- Stir the powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon of rum in a bowl until its smooth, mix in cream and spoon over the cake.
- Finally, let the cake stand until the glaze is set, for at least 30 minutes.
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