• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 18oz pkg yellow cake mix
• 3/4 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup Wesson oil
• 1/2 cup dark rum

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour 10 inch tube or 12 cup bundt pan.
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3. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
4. Mix remaining ingredients together.
5. Pour batter over nuts in pan.
6. Bake 1 hour; set on rack to cool.
7. Invert on serving plate; prick top.
8. Make glaze from the following.

• 1/4 lb butter
• 1/4 cut water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup dark rum

1. Melt butter in saucepan; stir in water and sugar.
2. Boil 5 minutes; stirring constantly.
3. Stir in rum.
4. Drizzle and brush glaze evenly over tops and sides of cake.

Optional: Decorate with border of sugar frosted grapes and maraschino cherries. Decorate top of cake with whipped cream.