1 c. chopped pecans
1 yellow cake mix
1 (3 3/4 oz.) pkg. Jello instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. oil
1/2 c. rum

GLAZE:

1/4 lb. butter
1/4 c. water
1 c. white sugar
1/2 c. rum

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan. Mix all cake ingredients and pour mixture over nuts. Bake approximately 1 hour. Cool. Prick top (a skewer works well) approximately half way through cake.

Prepare Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes (stirring constantly). Remove from heat and stir in rum. Drizzle glaze over cake. Allow time for cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is all gone.