I have been looking for a recipe for chocolate rum cake that lives up to the expensive (imported from the caribbean) one I bought at a duty-free shop in the Cayman Islands. I think I have found it. This cake was scrumptious. The photo with strawberries does not look at all like the cake, though. It is a lot more appealing with the crown of almonds in real life. Best of all, this cake was easy, easy, easy. No one believed it had a cake mix in it. I did substitute dark spiced rum for the white rum in the batter, but used white rum in the glaze. I like the spiced rum for the extra flavor it imparts. Yummy!

Reviewed On: Sep. 3, 2009