I should have named this the post that almost wasn’t!!! I have had a crazy insane week! I have been getting up at 4:30 everyday and then working till 4:30 or later. I had planned on writing the text for this post last night after the trick or treaters. My over worked body and sleep deprived fuzzy brain just totally blanked and I went straight to bed!!! So here I am writing after the post went live and no one can see anything but the pictures! I guess that is what you call a snafu. Better late than never!
This is my 4th week of the 12 Weeks of Christmas!!! I missed the first 2, so that means the Christmas is only 6 WEEKS AWAY! I can’t believe it! Brenda at Meal Planning Magic is a dream hosting this Part each week for us all! It’s not too late to join so by all means pop on over and check it out! It is great fun and there are sooo many yummy treats to make each week! I have a list a mile long that I want to make for my friends and family!
I found this cake in a recipe book that had gotten buried under a pile of papers, books, bills, magazines…. you know that pile in the corner of everyone’s kitchen…. Well I got tired of that corner and I tackled it! So glad that I did because this cake was the result of that frenzied purging of useless junk! This cake is dense and moist and it tastes like Christmas Eve!! Seriously that is a flavor. This is going to made again I can promise you that!
Please Check out my past entries to the 12 Weeks of Christmas in case you have missed them: Apple Caramel Bread Pudding, Peppermint Fudge Cookies, and last weeks Snowflake cake
This is from a recipe in Cake Mix Treat by Taste of Home.
Ingredients
- For the Cake:
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 package instant vanilla pudding (3.9 oz box) this is what makes the cake dense
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup eggnog
- 1/4 vegetable oil
- 2 tsp rum extract
- 11/2 tsp nutmeg
- For the Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp rum extract
- 4 tsp egg nog
Instructions
- in a mixing bowl comine all the cake ingredients and mix on med speed for 2 min
- the batter will become very thick
- I suggest buttering and flouring your bundt pan and not to use no stick spray for the easiest release
- bake at 350 for 40 min or until done
- cool on wire rack for 10 min then turn the cake upside down to release from pan
- let cool comppetely
- to make the glaze:
- mix all the glaze ingredients then with a spoon pour over cake letting it drip down the sides
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The cake looks wonderful. Egg nog is a Christmas staple. Who could say no to this cake?
Thanks! I sent it to work with my husband! Otherwise I might have eaten the whole thing!
Chandra, this turned out GREAT! I love, love, love egg nog–I think I’ll be making this this year. Yummo!
Thanks! It was so good and so easy! I will be putting pudding in all my pound cakes from now on!
I love eggnog, and think adding it to a pound cake is genius! I’m surprised you are able to find eggnog this early. I’ll start harassing my grocery store manager to start selling some.
It was funny they had egg nog in a halloween themed carton! I guess the dairy knew we were all jonesing for some nog!
I think I might have just licked my computer screen
This is an amazing looking cake!
Ha Ha Ha! Thanks!
This sounds fabulous! Definitely making this for Christmas!
Oh I think that you should! It was soooo good!