Ingredients

1 cup chopped pecans

1 box yellow cake mix

1 pkg jello instant vanilla pudding

4 eggs

1/2 cup cold water

1/2 cup wesson oil

1/2 cup dark rum (80 proof)

GLAZE:

1 stick butter

1/4 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup rum

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325. Sprinkle nuts into a well greased and floured tube pan. Mix batter ingredients and pour over nuts. Bake 1 hour. Cool Prick holes into cake.

Make glaze: melt butter in a saucepan. STir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum. LET COOL. Pour glaze over cake. Let cake sit 15 minutes. Invert cake onto serving plate.