Eggnog Butter Cake Food

DEEP SOUTH EGGNOG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
• Beat 1/2 cup butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add eggs, one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel, mixing well.
• Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Pour flour mixture into the batter alternately with 1 cup eggnog, mixing until just incorporated. Stir in bourbon. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a fingertip or a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes (test both cake layers). Cool in pans for 10 minutes before inverting on a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make frosting, combine 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a saucepan. Gradually whisk in 1 1/2 cups eggnog, whisking until smooth.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. When mixture boils, cook for 2 minutes, whisking constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool completely to room temperature.
• Beat 1 cup butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in cooled eggnog mixture, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, rum extract, and 1/8 teaspoon grated lemon peel. Beat on high speed until mixture is fully incorporated and frosting is fluffy.
• Spread cake with plain frosting between cake layers, over the top and on the sides. Coat the sides with toasted pecans, pressing the nuts onto sides in small handfuls. Refrigerate until serving time.

EGGNOG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Whisk the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, egg yolk and vanilla until combined.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in three batches,
• alternating with the sour cream in two batches. Increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat until well combined, about 30 seconds. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan; set aside.
• Make the topping: Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl. Work in the butter with your fingers until clumpy. Scatter the topping over the cake batter. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 20 minutes, then remove the springform ring and let cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar with 3 tablespoons eggnog in a medium bowl until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, gradually whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon eggnog as needed. Drizzle the glaze over the cake before serving.

EGGNOG DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put the butter in an 8-by-8-inch nonstick cake pan and place it in the oven while it preheats.
• When the butter is melted, remove the pan from the oven and spray the edges with cooking spray. Evenly sprinkle the cake mix over the melted butter. Using a rubber spatula, stir to combine and then press the mixture into an even layer. Evenly sprinkle the pudding mix over the top, then pour the eggnog all over, tilting the baking dish to distribute. Top with the pecans, sugar and nutmeg.
• Bake until the top is golden brown and mostly set but still a little bit jiggly all over, 40 to 45 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edges to loosen, then let cool for 30 minutes.
• Scoop into bowls while still warm and top with swirls of whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel sauce and more ground nutmeg. If not eating warm, transfer cake from baking dish to a storage container (otherwise, the caramelized cake will stick to the dish).

EGGNOG BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• Blend in flavorings.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add flour mixture and wet ingredients (Egg Nog and Milk) to butter mixture alternately, beating until smooth after each addition.
• Turn into greased and floured 10 inch tube or bunt pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 min or until cake tests clean with tooth pick.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Cool, right side up, on rack.
• To make Icing: Combine egg nog, light corn syrup and rum extract. Gradually add 2 3/4 cup sifted confectioners sugar, beating until smooth.
• For Icing: combine confectioners sugar with wet ingredients beat until smooth.
• High Altitude Directions 5000- 6500 feet: Cake-Decrease baking powder to 2 1/4 teaspoon. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 55 minutes. Icing-Add 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons egg nog.

EGGNOG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and ginger; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter, and shortening until light and fluffy. Blend in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the rum extract. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-EGGNOG CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat dry cake mix, eggnog, oil, egg whites and 1/2 tsp. nutmeg in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in chocolate.
• Spoon into 22 paper-lined muffin pan cups.
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers of cupcakes comes out clean; cool completely.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, butter and rum extract in large bowl with mixer until blended. Beat in sugar, 1 cup at a time. Whisk in COOL WHIP. Refrigerate at least 30 min. or until ready to use.
• Spoon frosting into freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag. Insert tip of bag into top of each cupcake to pipe about 1 Tbsp. frosting into center of cupcake.
• Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Sprinkle lightly with remaining nutmeg.

EGGNOG RUM BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease inside of a 10 inch bundt pan with shortening and dust with flour, or spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Set aside.
• To prepare batter: Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg onto a sheet of wax paper and set aside.
• Cream butter in the large bowl of an electric mixer on a moderate speed for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add superfine sugar in three additions, beating 1 minute after each portion is added.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating about 45 seconds after each is added.
• Blend in vanilla extract.
• On low speed, alternately add sifted mixture in three additions with the eggnog in two addtions, beginning and ending with sifted mixture.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl often.
• Add rum and beat 30 seconds.
• (The batter will be medium thick and very creamy.) Spoon into prepared pan and lightly smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake on center oven rack 55 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cake set in pan on a rack 10 minutes before unmolding onto a rack.
• To prepare glaze: While cake is cooling in the pan, place butter, granulated sugar and rum in a nonreactive saucepan.
• Set over low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Place rack with warm cake on a sheet of wax paper.
• Spoon glaze over cake in layers, using all of glaze.
• Cool completely before wrapping.

CONTEST-WINNING EGGNOG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add extracts. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with eggnog, beating well after each addition. Pour into two greased 9-in. round baking pans. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine flour and salt. Gradually stir in eggnog until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat whisking constantly; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Cool to room temperature., In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in eggnog mixture and vanilla until smooth. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. If desired, decorate with decorating gel. Store in the refrigerator.

GRANDMA'S EGGLESS, BUTTERLESS, MILKLESS CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients together.
• Combine all the wet ingredients together in another bowl.
• Pour the liquid ingredients all at once into the dry ingredients, and beat until smooth.
• Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20-25 minutes. Let cool in pan. When cool sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.