Honey Cardamom Rum Cake
Our favorite Rum Cake recipe, using our favorite rum! Inspired by cocktails, the addition of cardamom and lime gives the batter a bit of complexity and balance, and the glaze on top delivers a kick of booziness, like a rum float but for cake.
Myers’s, Rum, 40% Alc./Vol., Sazerac Company, Louisville KY
Honey Cardamom Rum Cake
Servings: 12
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- For the Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (360 g / 12.7 oz)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder (2 g / 0.07 oz)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda (2.5 g / 0.09 oz)
- 1/2 tsp salt (3 g / 0.11 oz)
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cardamom (3 g / 0.11 oz)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (227 g / 8 oz)
- 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar (550 g / 19.4 oz)
- 6 large eggs (300 g / 10.6 oz total)
- 1 cup sour cream, room temperature (240 g / 8.5 oz)
- 1/4 cup Myers’s Dark Rum (60 ml / 2 oz)
- Zest of 2 limes (approx. 2 tbsp / 10 g / 0.35 oz)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (5 ml / 0.17 oz)
- For the Rum Sauce:
- 1/2 cup Myers’s Dark Rum
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- Pinch of salt
Instructions:
- Preheat and Prep: Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a 10-cup Bundt pan with butter, getting into grooves. Dust with flour and tap out excess.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom. Set aside.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium-high for 3–4 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add Eggs: Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Mix in Wet Ingredients: Add sour cream, rum, lime zest, and vanilla. Mix until just combined.
- Combine Wet and Dry: Gradually mix in flour mixture on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Bake: Pour into prepared pan. Smooth top and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool the Cake: Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Make the Glaze: In a small saucepan, combine rum, honey, butter, and brown sugar. Heat over medium, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer 5–7 minut
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