PINA COLADA RUM CAKE

This cake is so moist and delicious that I am making it today for my sister’s birthday. She loves anything pina colada. The icing is perfect in taste and texture as is the cake!

INGREDIENTS :

• 1 box Duncan Hines Classic Golden Butter Cake mix (preferred mix) or Classic Yellow
• 1/4 C (4 oz.-1 stick)  unsalted butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 8-oz. can crushed pineapple in juice, drained (reserve juice to make 1/4 cup)
• 1/4 C reserved juice of crushed pineapple
• 1/4 C Malibu Rum (or any light rum)

Glaze:

• 1/2 C cream of coconut (Coco Lopez)
• 1/2 C Malibu rum
• 1/4 C confectioner’s sugar

DIRECTIONS :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray Pam for baking into a bundt pan.  Using an electric mixer, combine cake mix, butter, eggs,
2. 1/4 C reserved juice and 1/4 C Rum, beat at low speed to combine.  Beat at medium speed for two minutes.  Fold in drained crushed pineapple.  Pour batter in prepared pan  Bake 33-36 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.  While cake is
3. baking, prepare glaze.

FOR THE Glaze:

1. Shake cream of coconut can well before measuring.  Add cream of coconut to small saucepan and heat just until bubbles form.
2. Remove from heat and stir in rum.  Set aside.  When cake is done baking, set on rack.  Use a thin bamboo skewer to poke holes in cake.
3. Pour half of glaze over warm cake, letting it soak in.
4. When cake is cool, turn onto serving plate.  Whisk together remaining glaze with confectioner’s sugar until smooth and drizzle over top of cake.