this is one of my traditional desserts for Thanksgiving it is real good, for the adults only:

OMG MARIA!!.......They didn't serve this to me when I went to Cuba last year or I still wouldn't be back home LOL,LOL

Oh My - I have not made that in ever so long - Certainly not Weight Watchers friendly - I may have to make an exception! -

Hey Maria what are you trying to do, make me gain my weight back...o.k. knock it off...LOL LOL LOL ;) *2U

My daughter makes this at Christmas. Sure is good

Maria, this is why Cuba & the Bahamas & Jamaica, etc. are such *happy* islands!! Y'all eat like this! (I looked at some of the other recipes too, delicious! but not squid for me!) How I would love to try this, but I'm on a gluten-free diet. Talk about a boring life! Perhaps I will just have the rum and pretend the cake is around it, hee hee hee. Then you gals won't see me for a couple of days! If I disappear, you'll know I ate Maria's cake raw!! Love y'all, Marji

This has been a favorite of mine for ages. Found it in a magazine shortly after we got married.

OH YUMMMM I can't wait to bake this one...May NOT wait for the holiday :)

thanks I saved this one........holidays are coming up.

You are correct ladies, the flavor of the rum remains and it is delicious, the alcohol evaporates.

I'll vouch for this I've been making it 4 yrs. whenever they had a cake sale to raise money for activities where I was employed I took orders from people wanting it. try it girls You'll like it. the alcohol dissipates as cake bakes. Thanks 4 sharing it Maria. *4U

oh yummy looks good

Yum I want some right now

I've made this and it's good. Has the texture of a pound cake and sliced well. It may have been in the Bacardi Rum ads. My family used to make fruit cakes, but they are to expensive to bake now. No comparison to that bought Claxton Fruit cake!!

Heat removes the alcohol, so when used in a baked recipe, it is safe for all. (or so I have been told.)

2 comments

by katydid 30 Sep 2008

I was always told that the flavor remains, but the alcohol disappears.

by clawton 01 Oct 2008

That is true.