Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  3               cups  flour
  1 1/2           cups  sugar
  4 1/2      teaspoons  baking powder
  1 1/2      teaspoons  salt
  1 1/3           cups  milk
     1/3           cup  butter
     1/3           cup  shortening
  3                     eggs
  2          teaspoons  vanilla
     1/2           cup  nuts -- ground
                        rum sauce
  1 1/2           cups  apricot nectar
  1                cup  sugar
  1 1/2    tablespoons  cornstarch
  2        tablespoons  water -- cold
     1/2           cup  rum -- light or dark
  2               cans  mandarin orange segments -- drained

Preparation:

CAKE Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan. Measure all ingredients into large. mixing bowl. Blend 1/2 min. on low speed, and then 3 minutes on high speed (scraping constantly). Bake 55-60 minutes turn out and cool, pour rum sauce over top. RUM SAUCE Combine nectar and sugar in saucepan, bring to a boil stirring often. Simmer 8 minutes. Blend cornstarch and water to a smooth paste. Stir into hot sauce. Cook stirring constantly until sauce thickens and clears. Slightly cool and add rum and orange slices.

Nutritional Information:

5830 Calories (kcal); 198g Total Fat; (31% calories from fat); 80g Protein; 890g Carbohydrate; 771mg Cholesterol; 6377mg Sodium