1 Cup Pecans -- chopped
1 Package Yellow Cake Mix
1 Package Vanilla Pudding Mix -- instant
4 Eggs
1/2 Cup Cold Water
1/2 Cup Oil
1/2 Cup Dark Rum -- Bacardi
Glaze:
1/4 Pound Butter
1/4 Cup Water
1 Cup Confectioner's Sugar
1/2 Cup Dark Rum -- Bacardi
|Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Grease and flour 10" tube or 12-cup Bundt pan.

Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.

Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter over nuts.

Bake 1 hour. Cool. Invert on serving plate. Prick top.

Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb
glaze. Repeat till glaze is used up.

GLAZE:

Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes,
stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in rum.

OPTIONAL:

Decorate with whole maraschino cherries and border of sugar frosting or
whipped cream. Serve with seedless green grapes dusted with powdered
sugar.