Dry Tortuga Rum Cake Recipe

The tortuga rum cake story officially began in 1987.

Dry tortuga rum cake recipe.

For over 30 years we ve been making rum cakes with flavours like chocolate coconut key lime and many more. That s when carlene hamaty started baking rum cakes at home using a family recipe that had been handed down through generations. Place the flour sugar baking powder salt cut butter and vegetable oil into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or into a large mixing bowl to use a hand mixer. This recipe is an approximation of the original.

I found this recipe and decided to try it for ourselves. Check out my blog for a wee bit o pirate history and baking directions in both pirate and english. Butter and flour a bundt cake pan or butter a 9x13 sheet pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

The butter rum glaze makes it special. For over 25 years tortuga has brought the cayman islands the caribbean jamaican and bahamas the world the finest rum cakes. While cake bakes combine 1 4 cup sugar and 1 4 cup water in a small saucepan. This recipe can be made as a full sized bundt cake or as mini bundt cakes.

To begin mix up a batch of cake flour salt baking powder pudding sugar vegetable oil and butter. It is said to be difficult to find but can be purchased in better liquor stores often ordered by the store. Tortuga rum cakes a taste of the caribbean. Let absorb well then invert back onto platter.

Feed the cake with the hot rum syrup and let soak in. In a large mixing bowl combine basic cake mix ingredients. This will need to be done about three times over 1 to 2 hours then leave to soak overnight about 8 hours. My family requests this rummy bundt cake from me at all our get togethers.

On my trip to the virgin islands i had the best moist delicious tortuga rum cake. When ready to serve turn the cake out onto a serving dish. This mix may be contained and stored for up to 3 months in the refrigerator. An easy way to glaze your cake is to pour half of the glaze into bundt pan reinsert cake then pour the rest of glaze over the bottom of the cake.

Remove from the heat and add the rum. It requires a few steps but tastes amazing. Bring to a boil over medium and cook stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Preheat your oven to 325 f.

Tortuga rum cake the perfect addition to any pirate party including talk like a pirate day. Wash and dry the bundt tin then place back over the cool cake and turn cake back over. She of course used tortuga rum as the main ingredient. This recipe is a clone of a well known cake sold in the cayman islands by the makers of the rum used in this recipe tortuga.