It it is left out, it will stay good for about a day or so.
Here is a list of Italian cakes: Genoa cake, Orange and Polenta Cake, Panettone, Panpepato, Rum Baba, Tiramisu.
babas
The alcohol adds flavour and more importantly acts as a preservative. This means Christmas cakes made with the right amount of alcohol such as brandy, whiskey or rum, will last for months some times years. Store the cake wrapped in foil in an airtight tin.
You can. You usually add sherry, wine, or rum though but you can also use beer.
While I can not give you an exact time, as there are MANY MANY variables involved such as quantity, temperature it's stored in, type of container it's stored in, etc. I would say quite a few years if not several decades(depending on if the seals have been broken). This is namely due to the fact that very few bacteria can survive in an alcohol rich environment.
Turtles and rum cakes
Figure about 2 hours for each drink.
One can find great recipes for rum cake in many cookbooks. Some of the better ones include 'The Cake Bible', 'Baking with the Cake Boss' and 'Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cakes'.
Sultana raisins in cake, especially fruit cake, adds another flavour to an otherwise dense cake. Also, they release the liquid you soaked them in before hand, so if you want a rum-cake, soak the raisins in rum overnight.
For 3 years.
There are plenty of cakes, of course. But there are also biscotti, babapante (fried rum balls), teramisu, ricotta cheese, and canoli.
Añejo means aged in Spanish and that's what it is, aged rum. Theoretically, it should tell you for how long on the label.