Dry Tortuga Rum Cake Recipe

This recipe can be made as a full sized bundt cake or as mini bundt cakes.

Dry tortuga rum cake recipe.

This will need to be done about three times over 1 to 2 hours then leave to soak overnight about 8 hours. For over 25 years tortuga has brought the cayman islands the caribbean jamaican and bahamas the world the finest rum cakes. This recipe is a clone of a well known cake sold in the cayman islands by the makers of the rum used in this recipe tortuga. An easy way to glaze your cake is to pour half of the glaze into bundt pan reinsert cake then pour the rest of glaze over the bottom of the cake.

Let absorb well then invert back onto platter. That s when carlene hamaty started baking rum cakes at home using a family recipe that had been handed down through generations. Tortuga rum cakes a taste of the caribbean. I found this recipe and decided to try it for ourselves.

Preheat your oven to 325 f. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bring to a boil over medium and cook stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. For over 30 years we ve been making rum cakes with flavours like chocolate coconut key lime and many more.

In a large mixing bowl combine basic cake mix ingredients. While cake bakes combine 1 4 cup sugar and 1 4 cup water in a small saucepan. It is said to be difficult to find but can be purchased in better liquor stores often ordered by the store. When ready to serve turn the cake out onto a serving dish.

Check out my blog for a wee bit o pirate history and baking directions in both pirate and english. Wash and dry the bundt tin then place back over the cool cake and turn cake back over. The butter rum glaze makes it special. The tortuga rum cake story officially began in 1987.

Butter and flour a bundt cake pan or butter a 9x13 sheet pan. Make the rum simple syrup. She of course used tortuga rum as the main ingredient. This mix may be contained and stored for up to 3 months in the refrigerator.

On my trip to the virgin islands i had the best moist delicious tortuga rum cake. Tortuga rum cake the perfect addition to any pirate party including talk like a pirate day. Feed the cake with the hot rum syrup and let soak in. My family requests this rummy bundt cake from me at all our get togethers.

This recipe is an approximation of the original. Place the flour sugar baking powder salt cut butter and vegetable oil into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or into a large mixing bowl to use a hand mixer. To begin mix up a batch of cake flour salt baking powder pudding sugar vegetable oil and butter. Remove from the heat and add the rum.