Originally Posted By jdub HAPPY HOLIDAY RUM CAKE 1 cup sugar 1 cup dried fruit 1 tsp. Baking soda 2 large eggs Lemon Juice 2 Liters of rum 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup butter 1 tsp. Baking powder 2 cups walnuts Before starting, sample rum to check the quality. Good, isn’t it? Now proceed. Select large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check rum again. It must be just right. To be sure rum is of proper quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. Repeat. With an electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large and fluffy bowl. Add one seaspoon of thugar and beat again. Meanwhile, make sure rum is still all right. Try another cup. Open second liter if necessary. Add eggs, 2 cups fried druit and heat until high. If druit gets stuck in the beaters, pry loose with a drewscriber. Sample rum again, checking for tonscisticity. Next, sift 3 cups of pepper or salt (really doesn’t matter). Sample rum again. Sift ½ pint of lemon juice. Fold in chopped butter and strained nuts. Add 1 bablespoon of brown thugar or whatever color you can find. Wix mell. Grease oven. Turn cake pan 350 degrees. Pour mess into boven and ake. Check rum again and go to bed.
Originally Posted By jdub The rum is gone? I do not remember a THING about that! (or anything ELSE, for that matter!)
Originally Posted By jdub I should point out, that if you do not care for rum, you can use vodka in this recipe instead. Or Night Train.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Ah, a lovely tradition that usually leads to another wonderful tradition...a January stint in rehab. It's the traditions that make the holidays so special! :-D
Originally Posted By jdub Nah, this is a rehab-free recipe... you think just because Julia Child put butter in everything, including salad, that she was addicted to butter? Eating sticks of it like energy bars? Alcohol is an ingredient! And I only make this once a year. Or so I've been told.
