CompuServe Thread

Best Rum Cake Ever 1 or 2 quarts Rum Baking Powder 1 c. butter 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. sugar lemon juice 2 large eggs brown sugar 1 c. dried fruit nuts Before you start, sample the Rum to check for quality. Good, isn't it? Now go ahead. Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check the Rum again. It must be just right. To be sure the Rum is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of Rum into a glass and drink it as fast as your can. Repeat. With an electric mixer beat 1 cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 seaspoon of thugar and beat again. Meanwhile, make sure that the Rum is of the finest quality. Try another cup. Open second quart if necessary. Add 2 arge leggs, 2 cups fried druit and beat till high. If druit gets stuck in beaters, just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Rum again, checking for tonscisticity. Next, sift 3 cups of pepper or salt (it really doesn't matter). Sample the Rum again. Sift 1/2 pint of lemon juice. Fold in chopped butter and strained nuts. Add 1 babblespoon of brown thugar, or whatever color you can find. Wix mell. Grease oven and turn cake pan to 350 gredees. Now pour the whole mess into the coven and ake. Check the Rum again, and bo to ged. -sja