How To Make Eggnog Pound Cake
Let the flavors of the holidays take this pound cake to the next level. It is tender, soft, and made even sweeter with a rum-flavored glaze.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Dry Ingredients:
- 1½cupsall purpose flour
- 1tspbaking powder
- ¼tspsalt
- ¼tspcinnamon
- ¼tspnutmeg
For Wet Ingredients:
- ½cupbutter,room temperature
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 2large eggs
- ½tspMcCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
- ½tspMcCormick Rum Imitation Extract
- ½cupfull fat eggnog,plus 2 tbsp
For Glaze:
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- ¼tspMcCormick Imitation Rum Extract
- 2tbspfull fat eggnog
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the room temperature butter until smooth. Add the sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and creamy.
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Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in vanilla and rum extracts.
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Alternating between the flour mixture and eggnog (starting and ending with the flour) add in both. Mix until smooth being careful to not over-beat the mixture (will result in a dense cake).
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Spoon batter into a well greased and lightly floured 9-inch loaf pan.
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Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean
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Let cake rest in pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack and then cool it completely.
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For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and rum extract, adding eggnog until desired consistency has been reached.
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Spoon over cooled cake. Let glaze set up for a few minutes before cutting into the cake.
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Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Cake best enjoyed within 2 to 3 days. Store the cake in an airtight container in the fridge.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 304.07kcal
- Fat:Â 11.03g
- Saturated Fat:Â 6.60g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.38g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 2.98g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.65g
- Carbohydrates:Â 47.85g
- Fiber:Â 0.55g
- Sugar:Â 33.10g
- Protein:Â 4.02g
- Cholesterol:Â 70.97mg
- Sodium:Â 119.32mg
- Calcium:Â 66.78mg
- Potassium:Â 64.25mg
- Iron:Â 1.16mg
- Vitamin A: 103.01µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.24mg
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