Pap-Pap Virgil's Rum Cake

Ingredients

1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup oil
1 package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum
Glaze
1/4 lb butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rum

Directions

  1. Place nuts in a greased 10" tube pan. Mix cake mix and remaining ingredients together. Pour over nuts and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
  2. For Glaze: melt butter in a pan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.
  3. After the cake has cooked, prick the top with a fork or knife. Pour the glaze over the cake. Allow the cake to absorb the glaze. Repeat until the glaze is gone.

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