From the ’70s, here’s a retro recipe for Chocolate Bacardi rum cake — a chocolatey partner to the famous Bacardi rum cake — but rich with a choco-rum flavored cake and frosting.
Bacardi chocolate rum cake: The original vintage recipe from 1977
Devilish. Bacardi rum, the mixable one. Made in Puerto Rico.
Chocolate Bacardi rum cake
Yield:
16 servings
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Additional Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour
Ingredients
- 18-1/2 ounces (1 package) chocolate cake mix
- 1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O chocolate instant pudding and pie filling
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum (80 proof)
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup Wesson oil
- 1/2 Cup slivered almonds (optional)
- 1-1/2 cups cold milk
- 1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum (80 proof)
- 1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O chocolate instant pudding and pie filling
- 1 envelope Dream Whip whipped topping mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 (F).
- Grease and flour two 9-inch layer cake pans. Combine all cake ingredients together in large bowl.
- Blend well, then beat at medium mixer speed 2 minutes.
- Turn into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Do not underbake.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans, finish cooling on racks.
- For filling, combine milk, rum, pudding mix and topping mix in deep narrow-bottom bowl.
- Blend well at high speed for 4 minutes, until light and fluffy (makes 4 cups).
- Split layers in half horizontally.
- Stack. Spread 1 cup filling between each layer and over top of cake.
- Keep cake chilled and serve cold.
Notes
Optional: garnish with chocolate curls.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 464Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 594mgCarbohydrates: 65gFiber: 2gSugar: 32gProtein: 7g
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