This easy Eggnog Brandy Cake recipe is the perfect way to use up your leftover eggnog! Made with brandy extract, this is a great Christmas dessert.
As promised, I am posting this recipe for Eggnog cake.
Eggnog has only been introduced into my life recently: two years ago to be precise, but I am now addicted. Starbucks eggnog lattes, eggnog ice cream, eggnog cookies… the list of the fixes for my addiction is endless.
But eggnog cake is where it gets good. I was going to just make a plain coffee cake, but I had some extra eggnog left over, and since I’ve been drinking it far too often, I decided to make a glaze for the cake. In other words, share the love of this eggnog so it will last longer.
I’ve got some eggnog haters in the house, so I didn’t tell them what was in the cake, but they LOVED it. The cake was gone by the end of the day, which is when I told them my secret ingredient.
I am converting them. Slowly but surely, everyone I know will start to be an eggnog fan.
Eggnog Brandy Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup eggnog
- 2 tsp brandy extract
- 3 Tbsp avocado oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Glaze
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 2 Tbsp salted butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsp eggnog (or more)
Instructions
- For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lightly spray a springform pan with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs, eggnog, brandy extract, oil, white sugar, vanilla and butter together.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flours, baking powder, salt and nutmeg until fully combined. Mix in the wet ingredients and mix until fully incorporated.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 40-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to cool on wire racks.
- For the glaze: In a medium bowl, mix together all the glaze ingredients, adding more eggnog until the glaze reaches your desired consistancy.
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Hi Cathleen! I've had a lot of eggnog flavored desserts but NEVER in the form of a cake before! What a fabulous idea. It looks so good! The glaze in particular is calling my name… 😉
What an awesome idea, I would LOVE this!! 🙂
Eggnog is good stuff. But I've never had it in a cake – what a great idea! This looks incredibly good. Thanks so much.
Yum! This looks/sounds delicious!
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I've actually never had eggnog before! This looks like a great way to try it out 🙂
Hahaha, I like the part where you don`t tell them eggnog is in the cake. Brilliant technique!