EGGNOG CAKE WITH EGGNOG CREAM CHEESE ICING

Homemade Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Icing is your show-stopper holiday and Christmas cake for this year. It’s filled with delicious eggnog and flavored with nutmeg; it’s the epitome of Christmas on your plate.

This Eggnog Layer Cake is big and beautiful and sure to get gasps of delight from your dinner guests. However, it’s not just pretty, it’s rich, it’s moist, it’s phenomenal!

Of course, if you want you can make a 9×13-inch sheet cake instead.

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EGGNOG CAKE WITH EGGNOG CREAM CHEESE ICING

1. This cake recipe is from scratch and very easy to make. It’s a basic white cake with nutmeg, cinnamon, and eggnog that adds so much flavor.
2. However, if you want to start with a white cake mix you can sub eggnog for the water called for in the mix. 
3. The classic cream cheese frosting also has eggnog in it. It’s thick, rich, and decadent.

EGGNOG CAKE WITH EGGNOG CREAM CHEESE ICING INGREDIENTS

1. All-purpose flour. You can use cake flour.
2. Baking powder.
3. Salt.
4. Spices – nutmeg and cinnamon.
5. Butter. Real butter, not margarine.
6. Granulated sugar.
7. Pur vanilla extract.
8. Eggnog. Homemade or store-bought.
9. Eggs.

HOW TO MAKE EGGNOG CAKE WITH EGGNOG CREAM CHEESE ICING

1. Whisk dry ingredients.
2. Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla.
3. Add eggs.
4. Add flour mixture alternately with eggnog.
5. Bake. Cool.
6. Make frosting.
7. Frost. 
8. Listen to accolades. 😍😋

HOW TO BAKE A MOIST CAKE

• Correctly measure your flour.
• Use room temperature ingredients.
• Don’t overbake your cake. The cake is done when no crumbs or dry crumbs remain on the wooden pick after inserting it into the center of the cake.

HOW TO FROST A LAYER CAKE

1. Trim the cake layers if needed to make them flat. If you’re not familiar with Wilton Bake-Even Cake Strips, I highly recommend it. They insulate the sides of the cake pan so your cake bakes evenly. No more crowns, cracks, or crusty edges.
2. Next, place the bottom layer on a cake plate with the bottom facing up. 
3. With an offset spatula, spread a layer of frosting over the top of the first layer to create the filling layer.
4. Top the next cake layer and apply a ‘crumb coat’. A crumb coat is a thin coat of icing that seals in any small crumbs and keeps the cake moist. (This cake has only the crumb coat. Sometimes you’ll see cakes with just a crumb cake called a Naked Cake. I halved the icing recipe and did only a crumb coat. The icing as written is enough for the traditional method of frosting a cake.)
5. Cover and chill the cake in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.

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3. Eggnog Scones
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