How To Make Banana Rum Cake
Dark rum adds a great depth of flavor to this banana rum cake, even up to the glaze. Whip up a sweet and moist banana cake in just under two hours!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Banana Cake:
- 1½cupsunsalted butter,softened
- 2cupssugar
- 1cupbrown sugar,packed
- 5large eggs
- ½cupsour cream
- 1½cupsbanana,mashed, very ripe
- 2tspvanilla extract
- 3tbspdark rum
- 3cupsflour
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspbaking powder
- ½tspsalt
- 1cupwalnuts,chopped
For Rum Glaze:
- ½cupunsalted butter
- ¼cupwater
- ½cupbrown sugar,packed
- ½cupgranulated sugar
- ½cupdark rum
Instructions
Banana Cake:
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 10-cup bundt pan with baking spray.
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To a stand mixer, add the butter and sugar on high speed, then cream it for about 1 to 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
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Add in the brown sugar, then beat for another 30 seconds. Pour in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined.
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Lower the speed to medium and add in the sour cream, banana, vanilla and rum until well combined.
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Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, then add it in small batches into the wet mix on low speed until just combined.
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Fold in the walnuts with a spatula, then pour the batter into the bundt pan.
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Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Rum Glaze:
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Add the unsalted butter, water, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and dark rum to a medium sauce pan and stir well.
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Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Let cool.
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Let the cake cool for 15 minutes, then poke holes into the bottom of the cake with a fork.
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Pour in the glaze, ⅓ at a time, waiting for it to soak all the way in before pouring the next part in.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 541.83kcal
- Fat: 26.38g
- Saturated Fat: 15.97g
- Trans Fat: 0.94g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.95g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.45g
- Carbohydrates: 67.79g
- Fiber: 1.20g
- Sugar: 47.37g
- Protein: 5.06g
- Cholesterol: 122.87mg
- Sodium: 207.81mg
- Calcium: 61.26mg
- Potassium: 159.91mg
- Iron: 0.78mg
- Vitamin A: 232.37µg
- Vitamin C: 1.90mg
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