Eggnog Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 3/4 cup eggnog (full-fat or light version but not fat free)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat ove to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves; whisk until blended and set aside.
• 4 in a measuring cup, stir together eggnog and vanilla; set aside.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 6 beat in eggs one at a time.
• 7 beat in half of the flour mixture, followed by half the eggnog mixture.
• 8 beat in remaining flour mixture, followed by remaining eggnog mixture.
• 9 transfer batter to prepared pan.
• 10 bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until top is browned and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 11 remove from oven and cool in pan for about 10 minutes.
• 12 remove cake from pan ad let cool completely on a wire rack.