Pink Rum Cake Cubes with Glaze
Spongy vanilla cake cubes soaked in rum syrup and coated in bright pink icing — a TikTok-friendly spin on Austrian punschkrapfen. Done in under 30 minutes using store-bought cake as the base.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 385
- Protein
- 2g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Cut cake into 1-inch cubes and arrange in a single layer on a plate.
Step 2
Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium until sugar dissolves, ~3 minutes.
Step 3
Remove from heat, cool 1 minute, then stir in rum.
Step 4
Drizzle rum syrup over cake cubes, letting each one soak in fully before adding more.
Step 5
Whisk powdered sugar, butter, and pink coloring (or jam) until smooth and spreadable.
Step 6
Coat each soaked cake cube generously with pink icing, then set on a wire rack to set.
Tools you’ll need
- cutting board and knife
- small saucepan
- plate
- small whisk or fork
- wire rack
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