Friday, December 3, 2010

Eggnog Pound Cake




In looking for goodies to give as teacher gifts I came across this recipe which seemed to scream out to me! It is simple and fabulously delish!

Equipment
stand mixer with paddle attachment (or hand mixer and large bowl)
12-cup Bundt pan or tube pan or two large loaf pans, 6 small loaf pans greased and floured


Ingredients
2 sticks unsalted butter
3 cups (525 g) granulated sugar
6 eggs
3 cups (339 g) cake flour
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup (240 ml) eggnog

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon golden rum or rum extract (But you could add more!!)

Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 325° F/165° C.
2. Cut butter into chunks and cream. Gradually add sugar. Add eggs one at a time.
3. Stir together flour and nutmeg. Alternate flour and eggnog: one cup flour, 1/2 cup eggnog, one cup flour, the rest of the eggnog, and then the rest of the flour. Keep the mixer going slowly, scraping down the edges as necessary.
4. Stir in  the vanilla and the rum,
5. Pour into prepared pan(s) and place on the cookie sheet in the preheated oven. Bake for 90 minutes.
6. Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
7. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. Also good with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

If using mini loaf pans check for doneness after 30 minutes, and then every 5 minutes or so, depending on how high you have filled them and whether you have used them (as I did) in conjunction with a regular sized loaf pan.

6 comments:

Julie said...

I just love the idea of the eggnog in the pound cake...so yummy!

Susan said...

How much shortening? It's mentioned in the directions but the quantity isn't listed with the recipe.

Andrea Meyers said...

Thank you, I'm so glad you like my recipe for the eggnog pound cake!

Jessica Ryan said...

Susan -- I left out the shortening altogether. I don't have it and don't use it. The cake was still super rich and super moist. Going to edit/correct the post. Thanks!

Jessica Ryan said...

Andrea... I love this because it was the few that was made from scratch without the use of a packaged mix! Deelish!!!

Lisa said...

Very moist and the flavor of the eggnog was so good!