Ingredients

1 pound butter (room temperature)

1-pound granulated sugar

10 eggs (room temperature)

1 pound flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 tablespoon rum

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 °F

Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time and mix into the creamed sugar and butter. Tip: break eggs in a separate bowl one at a time. This is useful in case you get shells in by accident or if the egg is not good. It does not spoil the whole batch.

Add baking powder to the flour and sift together

Add this mixture, ½ cup at a time to the creamed butter, sugar and egg mixture and slowly mix together forming a smooth batter.

Add vanilla and almond extracts.  Add rum.essence, orange zest and rum (if using)

Pour mixture into a greased bundt cake pan or two 8 inch round pans

Place on the middle rack in the oven and bake for 45 minutes to an hour or until a wooden skewer or tooth pick comes out clean (free of batter) when inserted into the cake