Rum in parts of the French West Indies. Rum may also be used as a base in the manufacture of liqueurs and syrups, such as falernum and most notably, Mamajuana. Rum is used in a number of cooked dishes as a flavoring agent in items such as rum balls or rum cakes. It is commonly used to macerate fruit used in fruitcakes and is also used in marinades for some Caribbean dishes. Rum is also used in the preparation of rumtopf, bananas Foster and some hard sauces. Rum is sometimes mixed into ice cream, often with raisins, and in baking it
Rum ABV [86 proof]. A refined cane spirit has also been produced in South Africa since the 1950s, simply known as cane. Within Europe, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a similar spirit made from sugar beet is known as Tuzemak. In Germany, a cheap substitute for genuine dark rum is called "Rum-Verschnitt" (literally: blended or "cut" rum). This distilled drink is made of genuine dark rum (often from Jamaica), rectified spirit, and water. Very often, caramel coloring is used, too. The relative amount of genuine rum it contains can be quite low, since the legal minimum is at only 5%.