Shaker Gourmet: Eggnog Cake

Here at Shakesville you can have your cake and liquor too!

This recipe comes from Shaker nia_74656, who says this cake was "born from a love of rummy eggnog". Yo ho ho!*

Eggnog Cake (With Rum Glaze)
4 eggs
2 cups brown sugar
1/3 cup cream
1/3 cup eggnog
1/3 cup spiced rum
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups white flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Beat eggs in small bowl; add sugar and beat until combined.

Heat cream, eggnog, rum, butter and vanilla in a small saucepan over low heat until butter melts. Set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and spices in a large bowl.

Add cream and egg mixtures to flour mixture and beat until no longer lumpy.

Pour batter into greased bundt pan and bake until inserted toothpick comes out crumbly, approximately 40 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and invert onto plate.


-- For the glaze --

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup spiced rum
1 1/2 tablespoons butter

While the cake is baking, prepare the glaze. Heat sugar and rum in small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add butter. Stir in butter until melted. After inverting cake onto plate, pour half the glaze on top. Let it soak in, and pour the rest of the glaze on. Cool completely.

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* Har, har, har! Rum = pirates = Yo ho. Eggnog = holidays= ho ho. Where do I come up with them? /Balki Bartokomous