Size i paid 18 on the island so my search for the recipe began.
Tortuga gold rum cake recipe.
Make the rum simple syrup.
1 2 cup butter for the third time do not use margarine 1 4 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 2 cup tortuga gold rum 1.
In fact it s the very best of all cakes i ve ever had.
Tortuga rum cake the perfect addition to any pirate party including talk like a pirate day.
Check out my blog for a wee bit o pirate history and baking directions in both pirate and english.
This recipe is an approximation of the original.
I then thought i d send for some to be shipped to us and found the price to be 35 for the med.
I can only bake so much booze infused goodies i found this recipe and used 1 2 tortuga rum and 1 2 myers dark rum and added vanilla bean paste into every step i only owned bacardi and well i wanted something special for this cake.
Tortuga cayman island rum cake recipe.
Tortuga rum cakes a taste of the caribbean.
This is the glaze you will drizzle on the cake while it is still in the bundt pan.
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.
I knew i wanted to make rum cake some day with my tortuga rum but needed to do some research and wait for the right time.
The tortuga rum cake story officially began in 1987.
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.
Next best to the original.
You can not purchase tortuga rum anywhere except in the caribbean.
Bring to a boil over medium and cook stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved.
While cake bakes combine 1 4 cup sugar and 1 4 cup water in a small saucepan.
Let absorb well then invert back onto platter.
Combine butter water and sugar in a small saucepan.
For over 30 years we ve been making rum cakes with flavours like chocolate coconut key lime and many more.
That s when carlene hamaty started baking rum cakes at home using a family recipe that had been handed down through generations.
The butter rum glaze makes it special.
It looked tempting so i brought it home and opened the box for a small taste of cake before dinner.
She of course used tortuga rum as the main ingredient.
My family requests this rummy bundt cake from me at all our get togethers.
And it was incredible.
This recipe can be made as a full sized bundt cake or as mini bundt cakes.
Butter and flour a bundt cake pan or butter a 9x13 sheet pan.
For over 25 years tortuga has brought the cayman islands the caribbean jamaican and bahamas the world the finest rum cakes.
Preheat your oven to 325 f.
My recipe for homemade rum cake started with a shopping spree at tj maxx.
