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Rum and Raisin Cake
Maree Skennerton
"Moist chocolate cake with rum flavoring, raisins, and pecans added for texture. Great coated with whipped cream or served hot with custard."
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Ingredients
servings 289 calsOriginal recipe yields 14 servings (1 -9 or 10 inch tube pan)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
- Boil water add rum and raisins. Melt butter and beat egg. Add to the raisin mixture.
- Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa, and sugar together. Stir into raisin mixture. Add chopped pecans and stir until just combined. If batter is too thick add a little more water. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 50 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes then turn out onto a serving dish. Serve cake hot with custard or top cooled cake with whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 289 calories; 14.4 g fat; 37.3 g carbohydrates; 3.2 g protein; 39 mg cholesterol; 167 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Read all reviews 78 Ratings
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Most helpful positive review
12/24/2000
This cake is fabulous! Wonderful flavour, aromatic, and not too sweet! Mmmm. I served it warm with whipping cream poured on top. Wonderful. I ate the last piece a few days later (warmed up i...
Most helpful critical review
12/28/2003
This cake was horrible. I took it home for Christmas and no one ate it. It didnt have a good flavor and would have had to be topped with something. Big waste of time.
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12/24/2000
This cake is fabulous! Wonderful flavour, aromatic, and not too sweet! Mmmm. I served it warm with whipping cream poured on top. Wonderful. I ate the last piece a few days later (warmed up i...
8/11/2004
Very different, yet good cake! Definitely needs to be topped with something sweet. I used cream cheese frosting and it was great. It should be called chocolate rum raisin cake because the cho...
12/28/2003
This cake was horrible. I took it home for Christmas and no one ate it. It didnt have a good flavor and would have had to be topped with something. Big waste of time.
6/9/2011
Not very good, waste of time and money. Blah. It just needed something.
12/6/2015
I made this last Christmas. I'm going to make it again soon. Going to add diced apple and chopped dates. My grandmother used to make a cake at Christmas time similar to this. It was called Less ...
2/15/2011
this cake was great my neighbor asked me to bake one for her family fiesta