Rum Cake

== Description ==
This recipe is from Trinidad in the Caribbean. The islands are famous for their rums and many of the recipes include it. If you like rum, you'll love this recipe. 
== Ingredients ==
* 9 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons flour, plus
* 1½ cups flour
* 1 cup sugar
* 4 eggs
* ¼ cup dark rum
* 3 tablespoons strained fresh lime juice
* 1 teaspoon lime zest (finely grated lime rind)
* ½ cup yellow cornmeal
* 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
=== Coconut cream sauce ===
* ¾ cup sugar
* 1 cup water
* 2 cups coconut cream
* 6 egg yolks
* 2 tablespoons light rum
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350°F.
# With a pastry brush spread 1 tblsp butter over bottom and sides of an 8" spring-form cake pan.
# Sprinkle 2 tblsp flour into pan evenly.
# Remove excess flour.
# In a deep bowl cream remaining butter with sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
# Beat in eggs- one at a time.
# Add rum, lime juice, zest.
# Continue beating until batter is smooth.
# Combine remaining flour, cornmeal and baking powder about ½ cup at a time, beating weell after each addition.
# Pour batter into the floured pan.
# Bake in middle of oven for approx 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
# Cool cake completely- remove from pan.
# Cake is traditionally served with Coconut cream sauce.
=== Coconut cream sauce ===
# Combine sugar and water in a 2-3 quart pot.
# Bring to a boil over a moderate heat, stirring only until sugar dissolves.
# Increase heat and cook briskly uncovered and undisturbed until syrup reaches 230°F with candy thermometer or forms soft ball if dropped into cold water.
# Remove pan to reheat.
# Stirring constantly pour in coconut cream in a thin slow stream.
# Beat egg yolks until they are well blended.
# Stir about ¼ cup of hot syrup mixture into yolks, then beat mixture back into remaining syrup.
# Return pan to low heat and stir for 4–5 minutes until sauce has the consistency of heavy cream.
# Off of the heat stir in vanilla and rum.
# Cover tightly and refrigerate the sauce for at least 2 hours or until it is thoroughly chilled.
# Serve with rum cake.
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