No Fuss Rum Cake

This rum cake comes together with the help of boxed vanilla cake mix and a packet of vanilla pudding mix.

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No Fuss Rum Cake

This rum cake comes together with the help of boxed vanilla cake mix and a packet of vanilla pudding mix.

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 1 box vanilla cake mix
• 1 packet vanilla pudding mix
• ¼ cup melted butter, plus 2 Tbsp for lining bundt pan
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¾ cups whole milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, room temperature, whisked together

For the Rum drizzle topping:

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup melted butter
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup dark rum

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 325F.
• Mix the vanilla cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, vanilla extract, whisked eggs, melted butter, vegetable oil, and whole milk until no lumps remain.
• Grease a bundt pan with 2 Tbsp butter and pour the batter into the bundt pan.
• Bake at 325F for 45 minutes, or until a metal cake tester comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.
• While the cake is baking, prepare your rum drizzle topping in a small sauce pot.
• Heat until the ingredients are combined and the sugar has dissolved.
• When the cake is hot and just out of the oven, gently poke holes in the top of the cake with a fork .
• Pour the rum drizzle over the top of the cake.
• When the cake has cooled completely, flip the cake out of the pan onto a serving plate.

Notes

This cake tastes great a few days after it is baked.