EASY Baking: Coffee & Rum Cake!

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while maintaining moisture.

dark rum

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic rum extract

💰Cheaper: light rum

Rum extract offers flavor without alcohol.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed and has a lower glycemic index.

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: cocoa powder

Dark chocolate is richer in antioxidants.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and whisk together.

In another bowl, whisk eggs and add 100 milliliters of dark rum, vanilla bean paste, and yogurt. Mix well.

Cream softened butter and golden caster sugar until light and fluffy.

Add the wet ingredients to the creamed butter mixture, alternating with the dry ingredients until smooth.

Butter and flour a large bundt tin thoroughly.

Pour the batter into the bundt tin and prepare the topping by mixing pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Sprinkle the pecan mixture over the batter and swirl it in gently with a knife.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Make the glaze by melting butter, espresso, rum, and vanilla bean paste together, then whisk in icing sugar until smooth.

Pour the glaze over the cooled cake and top with caramelized pecans.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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