1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
18 1/2 oz. pkg. yellow cake mix
(3 3/4 oz. Jello vanilla pudding/pie filling)
4 eggs
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. oil
1/2 c. dark rum

If cake mix has pudding, omit Jello filling and use 3 eggs and 1/3 cup oil.

Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom. Mix all ingredients together. Pour over the nuts. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees F. Cool; invert. Spoon on glaze and let absorb.

GLAZE:

1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. water
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. dark rum

Melt butter. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes. Stir constantly. Remove from heat; stir in rum.