MartianIceQueen's Rum Cake

In honor of your birthday and the episode with House doing shots of 151 with a patient, I submit my rum cake recipe. It tastes better the second day after the glaze has really soaked in.

Cake:

• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 1/2 cup salad oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 package jello instant pudding (vanilla)
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 cup pecans (optional)

1. If the cake mix box says that it already contains pudding, then omit the pudding, use only 3 eggs (instead of 4), and 1/3 cup of oil (instead of 1/2 cup).
2. Combine all the ingredients (except pecans), mix (generally following the package on the cake mix box).
3. Generously butter a bundt pan, lightly flour it, then sprinkle 1 cup of pecans in the bottom (pecans are optional, I usually leave them out).
4. Pour cake over the nuts, bake one hour at 375 degrees.
5. Cool an hour or so, then take the cake out of the pan, and use a fork to poke holes all over the cake so that the glaze will penetrate. Pour the warm glaze over it (make sure to get the sides and everything).

Glaze:

• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
• 1/2 cup rum

Melt butter in saucepan, stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in rum, pour on cake.