Eggnog Pound Cake is a warmly spiced pound cake flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg, plus eggnog. Makes a wonderful holiday dessert.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Ingredients
1cupbutter (I use salted),softened
3cupsgranulated sugar
6large eggs
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
3cupssifted cake flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonground cinnamon
1/2teaspoonground nutmeg
1/4teaspoonground cloves
1cupeggnog
Eggnog Glaze
1cuppowdered sugar
2 to 3tablespoonseggnog
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a bundt pan with solid shortening and then dust with flour.
Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and use the paddle attachment to beat until smooth. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat for 2 to 3 minutes on medium speed.
Beat in eggs one at a time, stopping a few times to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add vanilla.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves in a medium bowl.
With mixer on LOW, add flour mixture, alternating with eggnog, beggining and ending with flour. Beat just until combined.
Transfer batter to prepared bundt pan.Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes.
Let cool in pan for 15 minutes and then invert onto a serving platter or cake stand.
Whisk together glaze ingredients in a small bowl and drizzle over cake.
Notes
To measure the flour properly, sift it into a large bowl and then measure it. If you measure before sifting, you will have too much flour and the cake will be dry.If you don't have a sifter, whisk the flour really well to fluff it up.