1. Cake mix type: Duncan Hines without pudding. 2. Preheat oven at 325°F. 3. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan; sprinkle 1 cup of chopped pecans over bottom of prepared pan. 4. Mix ingredients and pour into cake pan. Bake 1 hour and leave in cake pan when finished. 5. For Glaze:. 6. Cook all together and add rum last. 7. Punch holes in cake while it's still in the cake pan and pour glaze in and onto bottom of the cake.