Yo Ho Ho and a Cake Full of Rum: Ultimate Cake Off Recipe

Mike Elder created this Yo Ho Ho and Cake Full of Rum recipe in the first season of TLC's 'Ultimate Cake Off'.

INGREDIENTS

Cake 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 6 large eggs 1/2 cup cream 2/3 cup rum flavor 2 tbl orange zest 2 tsp vanilla extract Blood Orange Glaze (Ye Old Scurvy Remedy) 1/2 cup sugar 2 tbl cornstarch 1 cup orange juice 1 small can mandarin oranges (approx. 1 cup) 1/4 cup blood orange syrup 1 tbl butter 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp rum flavor

PREPARATION:

Cake

1. Mix sugar, eggs and butter.
2. Slowly stir in cream, rum flavor and orange and vanilla.
3. Fill pans 1/2 full and bake slowly at 325 degrees F until done.

Blood Orange Glaze (Ye Old Scurvy Remedy)

1. Stir sugar and cornstarch together in mixer bowl, add juice, oranges and syrup, heat on medium heat until it begins to thicken, remove from heat and add butter and vanilla and rum flavors, add cornstarch if needed over heat until proper consistency is obtained.
2. Use straight as filling or thin with water to get a smoother sauce for drizzling.

   Tip: Add some red food coloring to the glaze if you want to deepen the color.

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