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chocolate rum cake with icing on a white plate
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Chocolate Jamaican Rum Cake

Delicious chocolate rum cake - for adults only!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Additional Time10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Jamaican
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 782kcal
Author: Kelly Stilwell

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 15.25- oz box Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Premium Cake Mix
  • 1 3.9- oz box Instant Chocolate Pudding mix
  • 4 Eggs room temp
  • 1/2 C Water
  • 1/2 C Vegetable oil
  • 1/2 C Jamaican Rum
  • 1 C crisp cooked Bacon chopped
  • 1 C Chocolate chips
  • 1/2 C Peanut butter chips

Glaze

  • 1/2 C unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3 C powdered sugar sifted
  • 1/4 C Jamaican Rum
  • 1/4 C water

Garnish

  • 1/2 C cooked bacon chopped
  • 1/2 C chocolate chips
  • 1/2 C peanut butter chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325º F (165 degrees C).
  • Grease one 10 inch Bundt cake pan or use cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water, and rum on high speed for 2 minutes.
  • Add 1 cup of bacon, 1 cup of chocolate chips, and a half cup of peanut butter chips, and stir to combine. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake at 325 degreesº for 50-60 minutes.
  • Let cake stand for 20 minutes and then turn out onto a serving dish. Poke the cake all over with a toothpick.
  • Make the glaze by combining butter, sugar, rum, and water.
  • Mix until well combined. If icing is to thin, beat in 1/4 C of powdered sugar until icing pours like lava.
  • Pour rum glaze over cake and garnish with crisp bacon and chocolate chips. If you can wait, wrap the cake with plastic wrap and let it set overnight so it can really soak up the rum. SO good!

Notes

The best chocolate cake mix we've found is Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Premium. It's so rich, no one will know you didn't make it from scratch.
To make this recipe even easier, you could buy pre-cooked bacon. It works just as well if you crisp it for a few minutes!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 782kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 792mg | Potassium: 249mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 72g | Vitamin A: 372IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 3mg