Black Rum Fudge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup black rum
• 1 1/2 cups strong black coffee
• 5 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup butter, cut in pieces
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup black rum
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 1/3 cup flaked coconut, toasted
• 4 maraschino cherries

Recipe

• 1 generously grease and flour a 12 cup bundt or tube pan.
• 2 on top of double boiler, over simmering water heat rum and coffee for 5 minutes.
• 3 add chocolate and butter, stir until just melted.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• 6 pour into a large bowl and cool 10 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 275f.
• 8 sift flour, baking soda and salt otn a small bowl.
• 9 with electric mixer, beat flour into chocolate mixture 1/2 cup at a time.
• 10 beat 1 minute a med.
• 11 speed.
• 12 add eggs and vanilla, beat 1/2 minute more.
• 13 pour into prepared pan, and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• 14 cool one hour in pan.
• 15 for best flavour, cover cake and mellow for one day before serving.
• 16 prepare chocolate rum glaze.
• 17 and spoon slowly over cake.
• 18 garnish with coconut and cherries.
• 19 chocolate rum glaze place chocolate and butter in saucepan over very low heat; stir until smooth.
• 20 stir in rum.
• 21 cool two minutes.
• 22 gradually add icing sugar, beating until smooth.