Rum cake of their way to pick up a Caribbean variety, more and more small U.S. companies are competing, much the way that craft beers are competing with the large beer manufacturers. Some offer baked-to-order rum cakes. Some infuse the rum directly into their cakes (instead of glazing). Many appear to have a decades-old special recipe. It is possible to become intoxicated from consumption of an excessive amount of rum cake, and some rum cakes such as Tortuga contain even more than five percent of certain grain alcohols, though some are made to consistently contain less than 0.5% alcohol. It is typically
Cockspur Rum Cockspur Rum Cockspur Rum is a rum beverage from the Eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados. It has been produced by Hanschell Inniss Ltd. since 1884. It has a rooster as its emblem. Barbados is the country of origin of rumbullion, as it was originally called in the 18th century. Danish merchant Valdemar Hanschell established a liquor store in the 19th century where the rum was first distilled. Cockspur blends its rum while aging it in oak barrels, and it contains forty percent alcohol by volume. The rum won the "International Wine and Spirit Competition's" Gold Medal in 1981, 1984,