BUTTERSCOTCH RUM CAKE

Butterscotch rum cake is a delicious dessert and wonderful with coffee.

You won’t be able to leave this one alone and it won’t last long.  Your family and guests will love it. When you need a delicious cake that is super simple, make this one! We love homemade cakes as much as the next person but sometimes a simple dessert just gets the job done. That is what this cake is! It’s basically a cake mix dressed up. I’ve made this cake for several occasions and it always gets rave reviews! I love a dessert that has a certain “wow” factor but is still simple to prepare and that is THIS cake.

Ingredients Needed for Butterscotch Rum Cake

Pillsbury Moist Supreme Classic Yellow cake mix

Jello Butterscotch Instant Pudding and Pie Filling

Eggs

Milk

Oil (I use Canola)

Rum (I used Bacardi Puerto Rican Rum)

Walnuts

Toll House butterscotch morsels

Butter

Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Classic White Frosting

Notes: you can easily make this cake in a 9X13 instead of a bundt pan. You can also use rum extract in this recipe.

If you like this recipe, you may also want to try our butterscotch banana bread. It’s also very simple to prepare and absolutely delicious!

Butterscotch Rum Cake

The Southern Lady Cooks

This cake is made with a cake mix, but no one would ever know. So delicious and wonderful frosting makes this cake!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course Cake

Cuisine American, southern

Servings 1 cake

Ingredients

  

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Cake Ingredients

• 1 box Pillsbury Moist Supreme Classic Yellow cake mix
• 1 3.4 ounce box Jello Butterscotch Instant Pudding and Pie Filling
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup oil I use Canola
• 1/2 cup rum you can use less (I used Bacardi Puerto Rican Rum)
• 1 cup walnuts chopped or nuts of your choice
• 1/2 cup Toll House butterscotch morsels

Vanilla Butterscotch Rum Frosting Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Toll House butterscotch morsels
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 1 16 ounce can Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Classic White Frosting
• 1 tablespoon Bacardi Puerto Rican Rum

Instructions

 

Cake Instructions:

• In a mixing bowl combine eggs, milk, and oil and mix well. Add cake mix, pudding mix, and rum; continue mixing. Fold in walnuts and butterscotch chips. Spray cake pan with cooking spray. Cook in preheated 350 degree oven for 50 - 60 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes in pan before removing. Add Frosting.

Frosting Instructions

• Combine butter and butterscotch morsels in a glass dish and microwave on high until melted. Remove and stir in 1 1/2 cups of the frosting. Return to microwave and heat just to pouring consistency. Remove and stir in rum. Can add more of the frosting until you get the right consistency to pour over cake. (If you have frosting left over, cover and put in fridge. Heat and serve over individual cake slices)

Keyword Butterscotch Rum cake, cake mix recipe

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