Cake Ingredients
One Box of Coconut cake mix
Ingredients needed to bake cake
(See back of box)
Coconut flakes (Optional)Glaze Ingredients
1 Cup of Sugar
Two cans of Coconut Juice (about 8oz each)
1/4 Cup of Rum
1) Bake the cake according to the directions on the back of the box. You can bake it in whatever shape pan you'd like. When making rum cake I like to use a bunt pan, just because I think it looks pretty. Once you've mixed up all your cake ingredients and have popped it in the oven to bake; it's time to make the glaze.
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| This is what your juice looks like before it reduces down |
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| It should look like this when it's reduced by half, and the juice is more like the consistency of syrup |
3) To make the glaze just pop open the juice cans and pour into a deep quart size pan. (recycle the cans!) Then pour in your sugar and stir until it's dissolved. It's very important for you to dissolve it so you don't end up with a grainy glaze. Once it's nice and dissolved put the pan on the stove and bring it to a boil. Watch it the whole time! Sugar heats up very quickly and burns extremely easily! As soon as it comes to a boil reduce the heat to medium low. Let it simmer and do it's thang and reduce by half. Once you knock back the heat you don't have to watch the pot the whole time but don't forget it! It can take up to twenty minutes for the mixture to reduce by half, sometimes less. Just keep half an eye on it. Once your mixture has reduced by half. Turn off the heat and move the pot away from your stove onto a trivet or kitchen towel. Carefully pour in the quarter cup of rum. It will make a funny sound as the cool rum makes contact with the hot glaze. Don't get scared. This sound is completely normal. :)
4) Once your cake comes out of the oven let it cool in the pan for a few minutes until it's cool enough to handle. Once the cake has cooled; flip it over on to a plate or cake dish (whatever you're going to serve it from). Now you need to poke the cake with a toothpick to make little holes for the glaze to saturate the cake. Be gentle with it. You should always treat cake like a lady ;) Once you get your cake nice and holey; spoon the glaze over the cake until all the glaze has covered the cake. You can then use the coconut flakes to decorate the cake however you'd like. :)
5) Now you can dig in and enjoy this baby warm or at room temperature; whichever you would prefer.
Happy Baking! :D
YUM! YUM! YUM!
