Eggnog Pound Cake Recipes

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a tube pan by coating with cooking spray and dusting with flour.
• Using a stand or hand mixer, cream butter and shortening together. Mix in sugar and whip until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time, blending thoroughly. Continue to mix while adding in nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
• With beater running, add flour and eggnog alternating into sugar mixture, starting and stopping with flour. Pour into prepared 10 inch tube pan. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Test for doneness by inserting a skewer that should come out clean when cooked completely.
• Let cake cool for 20 minutes then remove from pan. When cake is completely cooled, store covered.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Move the oven rack to the lower 1/3 of the oven. Grease and flour a tube or bundt pan or spray with baking spray. Set aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter sugar, rum and vanilla extracts. Beat for 2-3 minutes until fluffy and fully combined.
• Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl periodically.
• Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with eggnog. Beginning and ending with flour. After all has been added, increase the speed of the mixer and beat just until fully combined. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bounce the pan on the counter to settle batter.
• Place into the oven and bake for 1 hour 10-15-minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center shows moist crumbs. Check halfway through and lay a piece of aluminum foil on top to prevent over browning, if needed.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes then remove and place onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar or glaze, if desired.
• To glaze: In a small bowl whisk together powdered sugar, eggnog butter and rum extract. (May use 1-2 Tbsp dark rum in place of extract, if preferred.) Add additional eggnog until your desired thickness is reached.
• Drizzle over cake and dust with nutmeg. Store chilled.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube can. Combine first six ingredients; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., Meanwhile, for sauce, in a heavy saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Whisk in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. , In a bowl, whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolk; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Cool completely. Fold in whipped cream; refrigerate until cold. Serve sauce with cake; if desired, sprinkle with nutmeg.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Beat sugar, butter, rum, vanilla and egg yolks in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg alternately with milk on low speed. Pour into pan.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Store covered at room temperature up to 2 days.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine dried blueberries, dried cherries, dried cranberries, and 2 tablespoons brandy. Soak for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan or Bundt pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the eggnog, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in soaked fruit mixture. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
• In a small bowl, mix together brandy, water, and 3/4 cup sugar. With pastry brush, brush entire surface of cake with glaze. Cool completely before serving.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C) and prepare a 10-14 cup bundt pan with non-stick baking spray.
• In a large mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy, for about 5 minutes.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing until well incorporated after each. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to make sure things are well combined.
• With the mixer on low, carefully add the flour, nutmeg and salt and mix until just combined.
• Add the eggnog and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
• Spread the batter evenly into bundt pan and bake for 78-82 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out moist but mostly clean.
• Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes, then invert cake onto cooling rack to cool to room temperature.
• Combine all ingredients except for the powdered sugar in a small sauce pan.
• Heat on low until sugar is melted, then turn heat to medium to bring to a boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, then remove from heat and immediately pour into a heat-proof glass bowl.
• Whisk in 1 1/4 cups or so of the powdered sugar. Allow to cool a bit and thicken, but still be pourable. If your icing is too thin, add additional powdered sugar until it's the right consistency to drizzle it. If you find the icing to be a little thick, just add a touch more water to thin it back out.
• Drizzle the icing over the cake while the icing is still a little warm. It will be too firm to pour and get a nice drizzle if it cools completely.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Generously grease a 10-inch tube or bundt pan with the softened butter; press almonds on sides and bottom of pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, nutmeg, eggs, eggnog, the melted butter and the rum.
• Using an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy (about 4 minutes at medium speed) or beat about 450 strokes with a wooden spoon; pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; then invert cake onto a rack to cool completely.

EGGNOG POUNDCAKE WITH CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Beat on low until for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt; gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolk; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. , Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Cool for 15 minutes. Fold in whipped cream. Store in the refrigerator. Serve with the cake.

EASY EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350.
• In large bowl combine cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, eggnog, and oil: beat at low speed into moist.
• Add eggs and nutmeg mix on high for 4 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured fluted, bundt, or miniloaf (best thing to use) pans.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes (20 to 30 minutes for minis) or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan.
• Cool completely and sprinke with confectioners' sugar if desired.
• Makes a great gift especially if baked in the mini bundts or mini loaves.