A quick loaf cake, flavored with rum extract and warm spices. This rum cake is topped with a rum butter glaze and is perfect for cold winter mornings (or afternoons or evenings!).
Despite the many goodies made for our family holiday baking this year, my brother-in-law, Aaron, asked for rum cake. So this cake was made just for him. I didn’t even make him share!!
Loaf cakes are super easy to make and this rum cake doesn’t even use real rum. Rum extract is what flavors this cake…which makes it family friendly (if you are sharing, that is).
Rum Loaf Cake with Rum Butter Glaze
Print RecipeIngredients
- LOAF BATTER:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1-1/4 cups white granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 3 teaspoons rum extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Gourmet Pure Vanilla Extract)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup coffee creamer or milk (I used Snickerdoodle flavored coffee creamer), room temperature
- RUM BUTTER GLAZE:
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons coffee creamer or milk
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1-1/2 teaspoons rum extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350-degrees. Line a 9x5-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil and spray the bottom and sides with baking spray. Set aside.
In the bowl of your stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter, oil and the white sugar. Mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time to the mixer, mixing the first egg in completely before adding the second egg. Add the rum extract, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the batter and mix until combined.
Change the mixer to low speed and slowly add the flour and baking powder to the batter. Add the coffee creamer or milk to the batter and mix until all ingredients are incorporated. Remove the bowl from the mixer.
Pour the mixture into prepared loaf pan and bake cake in 350-degree oven for 80-90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out without raw batter on it.
Let cake set in the pan for 5-minutes before using the parchment paper or foil to lift the cake out of the pan, and place the cake on a wire rack to cool complete. Once completely cool, prepare the glaze.
GLAZE: In a medium sized bowl, mix together the melted butter, powdered sugar, coffee creamer or milk, corn syrup and rum extract. Add additional amounts of powdered sugar to thicken your glaze or add more milk, to thin the glaze out. Spread glaze evenly over cooled rum cake.
Allow glaze to set 2-3 hours before slicing into desired sized slices.
Notes
Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Cake stays fresh for 3-4 days.
This cake goes great with a glass of Captain Morgan! Just ask Aaron!!
XOXO,
Kelly
3 Comments
Katherine | Love In My Oven
January 5, 2021 at 8:57 PMLooks delicious Kelly!! Happy New Year!! 🙂
Kim Lange
January 7, 2021 at 12:52 PMSounds divine! Captain Morgan goes with everything btw! ha!
Laura
January 7, 2021 at 3:44 PMOh my goodness, this sounds lovely! Anything with rum in it is always deliciious!