Eggnog Pound Cake

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 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

1 cup butter (I use salted), softened
3 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup eggnog

Eggnog Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons eggnog

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 405kcal