Let me Nog you.
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gfrancieOh the Holidays are approaching and you feel this urge to bake something. You don't quite have the time nor the skill to wow the folks with La bûche de Noël. Yet you are beyond cake mix.
Right now I am attempting to clean out the fridge before we leave on Friday for England. It is a feat that sometimes requires a bit of creativity.
Last night with the extra lemons I had I made a lemon souffle. I was also able to use up some eggs. I still have eggs left so I figured I might make a few more things today.
Today it is EggNog Cake. It is very simple and you can wow relatives, co-workers, friends with this because it is easy and goes well with an assortment of holiday beverages.
You will need
1 Cup of butter (two sticks softened)
2 cups of sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla or rum or bourbon for that matter.
2 cups of flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cup eggnog (I like dairygold)
2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
Preheat oven to 325F
First you sift together the flour, b.p. and salt into a bowl set aside.
Then you begin to cream the butter and sugar together You will then add each egg and beat thoroughly. Next you pour in the vanilla. Resist the urge to drink too much bourbon otherwise you will never finish the cake.
You will add 1/3 of the sifted flour mixture into the butter/egg mixture and fold in carefully. Then you will add 1/3 of the eggnog and stir that together. Alternate between flour and eggnog. The final batter will be thick and quite creamy. It might remind you of a vanilla milkshake.
You will then pour into a buttered and floured dish. I have used a 9x9 pan. You can also use a loaf pant or even a bundt pan. The possibilities are endless. If you were feeling extra martha-like that day you could pour into muffin tins and place a chocolate kiss ontop. But lets not get carried away.
You can then sprinkle some nutmeg ontop and bake in the oven (middle rack) for 90 minutes until a pretty golden color. Let it sit for awhile after removing from the oven.
You can add a rum glaze on top but I happen to like it fairly plain. It goes well with hot chocolate, apple cider, cold milk and even wassail. (yes the drink really does exist)
If you feel this is too much work and you have a zillion other things to do but you would like to do something slightly neat for Christmas involving eggnog. Might I suggest eggnog french toast? It is on most eggnog cartons. You place some bread in a pan of eggnog, fry it up in the pan with some butter eat with a lot of maple syrup and then you take a nap. Repeat as needed.
Nice thing about this recipe is you can use soy eggnog and make the vegan folks in your life happy as clams or "soy clams" as well.
I need to hunt down my recipe for wassail. Tasty!
Right now I am attempting to clean out the fridge before we leave on Friday for England. It is a feat that sometimes requires a bit of creativity.
Last night with the extra lemons I had I made a lemon souffle. I was also able to use up some eggs. I still have eggs left so I figured I might make a few more things today.
Today it is EggNog Cake. It is very simple and you can wow relatives, co-workers, friends with this because it is easy and goes well with an assortment of holiday beverages.
You will need
1 Cup of butter (two sticks softened)
2 cups of sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla or rum or bourbon for that matter.
2 cups of flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cup eggnog (I like dairygold)
2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
Preheat oven to 325F
First you sift together the flour, b.p. and salt into a bowl set aside.
Then you begin to cream the butter and sugar together You will then add each egg and beat thoroughly. Next you pour in the vanilla. Resist the urge to drink too much bourbon otherwise you will never finish the cake.
You will add 1/3 of the sifted flour mixture into the butter/egg mixture and fold in carefully. Then you will add 1/3 of the eggnog and stir that together. Alternate between flour and eggnog. The final batter will be thick and quite creamy. It might remind you of a vanilla milkshake.
You will then pour into a buttered and floured dish. I have used a 9x9 pan. You can also use a loaf pant or even a bundt pan. The possibilities are endless. If you were feeling extra martha-like that day you could pour into muffin tins and place a chocolate kiss ontop. But lets not get carried away.
You can then sprinkle some nutmeg ontop and bake in the oven (middle rack) for 90 minutes until a pretty golden color. Let it sit for awhile after removing from the oven.
You can add a rum glaze on top but I happen to like it fairly plain. It goes well with hot chocolate, apple cider, cold milk and even wassail. (yes the drink really does exist)
If you feel this is too much work and you have a zillion other things to do but you would like to do something slightly neat for Christmas involving eggnog. Might I suggest eggnog french toast? It is on most eggnog cartons. You place some bread in a pan of eggnog, fry it up in the pan with some butter eat with a lot of maple syrup and then you take a nap. Repeat as needed.
Nice thing about this recipe is you can use soy eggnog and make the vegan folks in your life happy as clams or "soy clams" as well.
I need to hunt down my recipe for wassail. Tasty!
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Date: 2003-12-16 12:34 pm (UTC)fuzzy memories of wassail include(but not limited to)--
cider(of course)
apricot nectar(always a good thing)
ginger ale if you like it bubbly
appropriate spices(i.e. cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)
and there was something else, but damned if i can remember it.
beer, maybe?
(and yes, my email is down, too)
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Date: 2003-12-16 12:39 pm (UTC)Does Steve or Dahti know why?
I think the recipe has the cider, nector, spices and a bit of brandy.
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Date: 2003-12-16 01:48 pm (UTC)Or you can sprinkle a bit of confectioners sugar on top.
Or you can take cherry pie filling and spoon that over slices of cake.
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Date: 2003-12-16 01:48 pm (UTC)I think the recipe might not take 90 minutes always.
Just bake it until it seems done and it passes the toothpick test.