Rum Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 9 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour, plus
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 3 tablespoons strained fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon lime zest (finely grated lime rind)
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups coconut cream
• 6 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons light rum
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 with a pastry brush, spread 1 tablespoon butter over bottom and sides of an 8" spring form cake pan.
• 3 sprinkle 2 tablespoons flour into pan evenly; remove excess flour.
• 4 in a deep bowl, cream remaining butter with sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
• 5 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 6 add rum, lime juice, zest.
• 7 continue beating until batter is smooth.
• 8 combine remaining flour, cornmeal and baking powder about 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 9 pour batter into the floured pan.
• 10 bake in middle of oven for approximately 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 11 cool cake completely; remove from pan.
• 12 cake is traditionally served with coconut cream sauce.
• 13 coconut cream sauce:.
• 14 combine sugar and water in a 2-3 quart pot.
• 15 bring to a boil over a moderate heat, stirring only until sugar dissolves.
• 16 increase heat and cook briskly uncovered and undisturbed until syrup reaches 230° with candy thermometer or forms soft ball if dropped into cold water.
• 17 remove pan from heat.
• 18 stirring constantly pour in coconut cream in a thin slow stream.
• 19 beat egg yolks until they are well blended.
• 20 stir about 1/4 cup of hot syrup mixture into yolks, then beat mixture back into remaining syrup.
• 21 return pan to low heat and stir for 4-5 minutes until sauce has the consistency of heavy cream.
• 22 off of the heat stir in vanilla and rum.
• 23 cover tightly and refrigerate the sauce for at least 2 hours or until it is thoroughly chilled.
• 24 serve with rum cake.