Eggnog Pound Cake
Eggnog Pound Cake is the perfect holiday treat! Warm pound cake, infused with creamy eggnog, a hint of nutmeg and topped with an eggnog glaze! Santa loves this and you will, too! It’s ready in less than 40-minutes. You can also use this recipe to make mini-cakes and give them as gifts!
Every Christmas I find myself knee-deep in holiday baking, mostly making “from scratch” recipes; however, this eggnog pound cake recipe is an exception. I decided to simplify my holiday cake recipe by using a pound cake box mix and what a timesaver!
This cake has a rich, buttery, eggnog flavor with a hint of nutmeg. The eggnog glaze is the finishing touch!
Here’s what you’ll need
You’ll want to use a hand mixer because the batter is thick; you’ll need a packaged pound cake mix, spray oil, flour, eggnog, confectioner’s sugar, eggs, and nutmeg. I use Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix.
Make the eggnog cake in any of these pans:
Four (4)- 5¾ X 3¼”-inch mini loaf pans, a regular 9″ x 5″-inch loaf pan, a 12-mini Bund™t pan, two 8″ x 4″ loaf pans, a 12-cup regular Bundt™ pan or a 10″ x 4″ tube pan
Be sure to grease and flour the pans.
How to make it
- Prep the cake pan(s) with spray oil and flour.
- Combine pound cake mix, eggnog, nutmeg and 2 whole large eggs in a large bowl. The packaged pound mix says to add water and butter. DO NOT ADD WATER OR BUTTER.
- Mix together with hand mixer for about 2-3 minutes until batter is well combined. Pour batter into greased loafpans; you may have to spoon it into the pan – the batter is thick! Bake on upper rack at 350ºF for about 30-minutes.
- Once the pound cakes are done, allow to cool on rack; combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over slightly cooled pound cakes
Eggnog Glaze
Combine 1/4 cup of eggnog with 1 cup of powdered (confectioner’s) sugar, stir it up real good and drizzle it over the top of the cake.
Recipe Tips
- See recipe notes about the baking pans
- Grease the pans first; I use a pastry brush to coat the pan–especially good if you use the throw-away aluminum pans-they have so many crevices in them.
- The batter will be thick; spoon it into pans then shake the pan to level out the eggnog batter
- Test for doneness with toothpick inserted into center
- Allow cakes to cool a little before drizzling the eggnog glaze over them
- Mini loaves take about 30-minutes; a large loaf takes about 45-50 minutes to bake
Can I make this in a regular size Bundt™ pan?
You can use this recipe to make a full-size eggnog pound cake in a Bundt pan. I’d recommend you double the glaze recipe just to be safe.
I made a second batch in a 12-cup mini-Bundt™ pan and I had a little batter leftover. If you use a mini muffin pan, only fill 3/4 of the way up or the bottom of your mini cake will be “puffy.”
Make mini Eggnog pound cakes and give them away as hostess gifts or Christmas treats to your friends and neighbors!
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- Microwave Peanut Brittle
- Homemade Marshmallows
- Hickory Almond Stuffed Dates
- Cheddar Wafers
- Holiday Sausage Balls
- No-Alcohol Winter Tomato Apertif
- Orange Olive Oil Cake
- Cherry Bounce Holiday Cordial
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Eggnog Pound Cake
Equipment
- Hand mixer
- Use any one of these: Four 5¾" x 3¼"-inch mini loafpans or one 9" x 5"-inch loafpan, a 12 cup mini Bundt pan, a full size Bundt pan, two 8" x 4" loaf pans or a 10"4 tube pan
Ingredients
Pound Cake Ingredients
- spray oil (to grease pans)
- all-purpose flour (for baking pans)
- 1 16-ounce pound cake mix I used Betty Crocker Pound Cake mix
- 2 large eggs , whole
- ¾ cup eggnog
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg , ground
Glaze Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)
- ¼ cup eggnog
Instructions
- Spray the baking pan(s) with oil and lightly coat with flourspray oil, all-purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 350ºF
- Add pound cake mix, ¾ cup eggnog, ½ teaspoon nutmeg and eggs to large mixing bowl. The pound cake mix calls for water and/or milk, butter and 2 eggs. IGNORE THE BOX INSTRUCTIONS.1 16-ounce pound cake mix, ¾ cup eggnog, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 large eggs
- Use hand mixer on low speed for 30 seconds then turn it to medium speed and mix 2-3 minutes until ingredients are well-combined
- Spoon batter evenly into four mini loafpans or 1 full-size loaf pan; shake pans to flatted batter; the batter will be very thick
- Bake @350ºF for 30-minutes or until toothpick comes out clean; cool 10 minutes, remove from pan and cool on cooling rack
- OPTIONAL: Sift powdered sugar over the top of the cake or make a quick eggnog glaze: Combine powdered sugar and eggnog in bowl;1 cup confectioner's sugar, ¼ cup eggnog
- Drizzle over semi-warm pound cake
