Betty's Festive Eggnog Cake
Betty demonstrates how to make a Festive Eggnog Cake. This eggnog-flavored cake contains maraschino cherries and toasted almonds. It is topped with a green-tinted sugar glaze. It is an elegant and dramatic cake for the Christmas table.
Ingredients
| For cake: | ||
| Softened butter | 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) ((plus extra for greasing)) | |
| Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Rum flavoring | 1 Teaspoon | |
| All purpose flour | 2 1/4 Cup (36 tbs) | |
| Baking soda | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground nutmeg | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Eggnog | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Maraschino cherries | 1 Cup (16 tbs) , chopped | |
| Chopped toasted almonds | 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| For glaze: | ||
| Confectioners' sugar | 3/4 Cup (12 tbs) ((This is the same as icing sugar or powdered sugar)) | |
| Rum flavoring | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Milk | 4 Teaspoon | |
| Green food color | 1 ((as desired)) |
Directions
GETTING READY:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease baking pan with butter and set aside.
MAKING:
In a bowl, cream together sugar and butter using hand mixer.
Add rum flavoring and mix again.
In another bowl, combine flour, soda, nutmeg, salt and mix well.
Add flour mixture and eggnog alternatively to cream mixture and mix well.
Stir in cherries, almonds and mix well.
Spread the mixture into baking pan and pop into oven.
Bake for approximately 15 minutes and once done allow to cool completely.
In a bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar, rum flavoring, milk, green food coloring and mix until smooth.
Drizzle over cake and cut as desired.
SERVING:
Serve warm or chilled and enjoy!
Recipe Summary
Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 521Calories from Fat 80
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9 g13.8%
Saturated Fat 2 g10%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol
Sodium 420 mg17.5%
Total Carbohydrates 103 g34.3%
Dietary Fiber 3 g12%
Sugars 61 g
Protein 9 g18%
Vitamin A % Vitamin C %
Calcium % Iron %
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
