Rum cake: the classic and tasty recipe!

Name: Rum cake: the classic and tasty recipe!
Uploaded: 2019-01-15T09:56:24Z
Duration: PT188.430S
Channel: Food Inspiration

published on 15 January, 2019 at 10:56

Ingredients:
For the cake:
1 ¾ cup flour, sifted;
½ cup powdered milk;
¼ cup cornstarch;
4 tsp baking powder;
1 tsp salt;
½ cup butter, softened;
1 ¾ cup sugar;
½ cup vegetable oil;
¾ cup milk;
4 eggs;
¾ cup dark rum.
For the syrup:
½ cup butter;
½ cup water;
¾ cup sugar;
a pinch of salt;
½ cup dark rum.

Instructions
Preheat your oven to 160C (320F). Grease Bundt cake tin with a little bit of oil or melted butter.
Start with the cake by combining dry ingredients first: flour, powdered milk, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
Whisk butter and sugar together until light.
Combine dry ingredients with butter and sugar mixture to form crumbs.
Beat vegetable oil with milk, eggs and rum.
Add liquids to crumbs and whisk until smooth.
Pout into the pan and bake for 60 minutes.
Meanwhile make simple rum syrup by combining all of the listed ingredients in one pot and bringing the mixture to boil. Remove from heat immediately after.
Poke holes in a cake and pour hot rum syrup on top (about 2/3 of it). Leave to soak up and cool down.
Take the cake from the pan and pour leftover rum syrup on top before serving.