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

Grease and flour 10 inch tube or 12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of cake pan. Mix cake mix and remaining ingredients. Pour batter over nuts. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Cool, invert on serving plate. Prick top, prepare glaze: 1/4 c. water 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. dark rum

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

Drizzle glaze smoothly and evenly over cake and down the sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until glaze is used up.