Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Tortuga rum cake recipe mix.
If you re trying to recreate the tortuga cake the one in those hexagonal.
Pour the batter over the walnuts in the pan and bake for 1 hour.
How to make tortuga rum cake.
Generously spray the inside of a 12 cup bundt pan with baking spray set aside.
Remove from the heat and stir in the rum.
While cake bakes combine 1 4 cup sugar and 1 4 cup water in a small saucepan.
Bake for about 55 minutes until fully golden and tester comes out clean and cake springs back.
The batter comes together easily with not that much more effort than a cake mix but the results are infinitely better.
The rum both in the cake and the syrup can be adjusted according to your tastes.
Batter should be very smooth.
Combine cake mix pudding mix milk eggs rum oil and vanilla extract on medium speed with electric mixer for 2 to 3 minutes.
Tortuga rum cakes a taste of the caribbean.
Pour into bundt pan.
For over 30 years we ve been making rum cakes with flavours like chocolate coconut key lime and many more.
Stir and cook until the sugar is dissolved and then cook an additional 4 5 minutes until the syrup thickens slightly.
Batter should be very smooth when you are done you don t want lumps.
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.
It is said to be difficult to find but can be purchased in better liquor stores often ordered by the store.
For over 25 years tortuga has brought the cayman islands the caribbean jamaican and bahamas the world the finest rum cakes.
From scratch rum cake recipe homemade tortuga rum cake copycat.
Place basic cake mix pudding mix milk eggs rum oil and vanilla extract in a large bowl and combine on medium speed with electric mixer for 2 to 3 minutes scrape down the bowl halfway through.
Combine water rum water sugar and butter in to sauce pan.
Prepare the glaze 10 minutes before cake is finished baking.
Blend the dry cake mix dry pudding mix water rum oil and eggs for 2 minutes.
Bring to a boil over medium and cook stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved.
Pour into bundt pan s and bake for about 20 minutes mini bundts or 55 minutes large bundt pan.
Make the rum simple syrup.
Use a skewer to poke holes all over the top of the still warm cake and slowly pour the rum glaze over the cake.