Holiday Rum Eggnog Bundt Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease bundt pan well.
• Press almonds onto bottom of pan.
• Mix other ingredients well, for five minutes.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake at 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Let cool for 10 minutes and then invert onto a plate.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease the inside of a fluted cake pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar, until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the eggnog and vanilla and continue to beat until well combined.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, until just combined. Be careful to not over mix. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes in the pan before removing.
• Make the glaze. In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, eggnog, rum, vanilla and cinnamon. Set aside. Carefully turn the cake over onto a serving platter. Liberally drizzle the glaze over the cake.
• Serve and enjoy!