Eggnog Cake w /Rum Syrup

    Servings: 12=7 Units /Servings: 14-18=5 Units /Servings: 20-24=4 Units

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    Ingredients

      1/2 C sliced almonds
      18 1/4 oz yellow cake mix
      1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
      1/2 C egg substitute
      1/4 C canola oil
      1 1/2 oz rum
      1 1/2 C reduce cal eggnog w/out liquor

      Rum Syrup recipe follows:


    Grease 12-cup Bundt pan with butter… Press almonds against sides and bottom of pan; set aside. .In large bowl combine cake mix, nutmeg, eggbeaters, eggnog, canola oil, and rum.. Beat at medium spread until smooth and creamy about 4 minutes..Pour batter in prepared pan.

    Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake tests done.
    Cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out on wire rack or serving plate to complete cooling.

    Poke cake with thick skewer and top with Rum Syrup while cake is still warm.

    **Rum Syrup (Units figured into recipe)
    1 C Splenda
    1/2 C water
    1 tsp light butter
    1/2 tsp vanilla
    1 1/2 oz. rum
    Boil sugar and water 5 minutes. Add butter, vanilla and rum. Cook until a syrupy mixture. Yield: about one cup.