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Drunken Raisins Cake on a tray.
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Rum Raisins Cake Recipe

This rum raisin cake is decadent, rich, and so flavorful. Made with rum-soaked raisins, delicate sponge cake, and a simple sweet cake cream!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Russian
Keyword drunken cake
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Calories 383kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place the raisins in a bowl and cover them with rum. Allow them to soak at room temperature for at least 8 hours.
    Drunken Raisins Cake
  • Bake two sponge cakes (preferably a day in advance). Cut a thin layer off the top of one of the sponge cakes and set it aside.
    2 photos side by side one with a cake layer and the other with the cake layer cut in half horizontally
  • Cut alongside the inside edges of each cake layer and rip out the insides of the cake to form a bowl. Rip up the insides of the cake into small pieces and set them aside.
    Cutting out well in a sponge cake
  • Using an electric mixer, whip 1 cup of sugar with the extra cold heavy whipping cream.
    Drunken Raisins Cake
  • Strain the rum out from the raisins. Mix the pieces of sponge cake, raisins, and about 70% of the cake cream together.
    2 photos side by side one photo with drunken raisins added to the cream in the bowl and the other photo with it all mixed together in the bowl with a spatula
  • Fill the sponge cake bowls with the rum raisins cream mixture. Place the cake layers on top of one another.
    2 photos side bay side one photo with the cake layer and the other with the layers stacked on top of each other with cream between them
  • Cover the top of the cake with the sponge cake lid. Using the remaining cake cream, frost the outside of the cake and decorate it as you wish. Enjoy!
    Drunken Raisins Cake

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 279mg | Potassium: 350mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 77IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 2mg