Ingredients

Makes one 12-cup bundt cake

　　10 ounces (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan

　　3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

　　1 cup raisins

　　3/4 cup dark rum

　　1 teaspoon salt

　　1/2 teaspoon baking powder

　　2 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons packed light-brown sugar

　　6 large eggs

　　2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

　　3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream

　　1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

　　1 cup granulated sugar

　　

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter a 12-cup Bundt pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Soak the raisins in 1/2 cup rum.

　　

Step 2

Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Put the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until smooth. Mix in the eggs, 1 at a time. Add the vanilla. On low speed, mix in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with 2 additions of 6 tablespoons cream each (12 total). Mix in the raisin mixture and the coconut. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan; smooth the top.

　　

Step 3

Bake, rotating about halfway through, until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour 55 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around the sides of the cake; unmold. Let cool.

　　

Step 4

Heat the granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, gently stirring occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup is clear. Cook, without stirring, until the syrup comes to a boil, washing down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Let boil, gently swirling, until medium amber. Remove from heat. Carefully pour in the remaining 1/4 cup rum and 2 tablespoons cream. Let cool, stirring, until thickened. Drizzle over cake.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.