October 2021 - Cooking with Rum

                     Spiced Rum Haunted House Cake

Ingredients:

  • 2 C. Sugar
  • 1 C. Butter, softened
  • 3 Eggs, slightly beaten
  • 2 ¼ C. Water
  • ½ C. Spiced Rum
  • 3 C. Flour
  • 1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp. Baking Soda
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • 2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. Ground Ginger
  • ½ tsp. Ground Nutmeg
  • Dash of Ground Clove

Directions (cont’d):

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F degrees.
  2. Prepare Haunted House pan with baking spray and brush into details of pan carefully. Set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, blend softened butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and combine thoroughly.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices in large bowl.
  5. In another bowl, combine water and rum. Add 1/3 of flour mixture and 1/3 of water mixture to mixing bowl.
  6. Repeat until everything is combined and mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared Haunted House Pan and tap gently on counter to remove air bubbles.
  7. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.

*Recipe credit and Haunted Manor Bundt Pan: https://www.nordicware.com/recipes/spiced-rum-haunted-house-cake/

*Nordicware also offers the Skull Cake Pan shown below.  Let your imagination fly!