Updated: 6/21/2007

TV Morning Show 6/29/07

Rum Cake

1 cup chopped nuts, your choice

1 eighteen-ounce package yellow cake mix

1 four-ounce package vanilla pudding mix

4 eggs

½ cup water

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup dark rum

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Sprinkle nuts on the bottom of the pan. Mix all ingredients together, and pour over nuts. Bake one hour. Cool and invert on to serving plate. Drizzle top and sides with glaze, prepared as follows:

¼ pound butter (one stick)

¼ cup water

1 cup sugar

½ cup dark rum

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add water and sugar, and bring to a boil. Cook for four to five minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Glaze cake with mixture, then garnish with whipped cream, blueberries and raspberries.