Nothing wrong with using cake mix – time is money and there are so many other things to cook.  Not a rum drinker you can still enjoy this tasty cake. This is the moistest cake you’ll ever eat. It freezes beautifully.  You can use different nuts too.  

Ingredients for Cake:

• 1 c. chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 (18 ½ oz) pkg. yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 ¾ oz.) pkg. instant vanilla pudding
• 4 eggs
• ½ c. cold water
• ½ c. oil
• ½ c. dark rum (80 proof)

Directions for Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Grease and flour 10-inch tube or 12 cup Bundt pan.
3. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
4. Mix all cake ingredients together.
5. Pour batter over nuts.
6. Bake 1 hour.
7. Cool.
8. Invert on serving plate.
9. Prick top.
10. Drizzle and smooth glaze evenly over top and sides.
11. Allow cake to absorb glaze.
12. Repeat until glaze is used up.

Ingredients for Glaze for Rum Cake:

• ¼ lb. butter
• ¼ c. water
• 1 c. sugar
• ½ c. rum

Directions for Glaze:

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

Serves:  10 – 12

Source:   cooks.com