Eggnog Rum Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 cup almonds, whole
• 1/4-1/2 cup candied cherry
• 18 1/4 ounces yellow cake mix
• 1 1/2 cups eggnog
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 2 tablespoons rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum flavoring

Recipe

• 1 generously grease a bundt pan or 10" tube pan with soft margarine or butter.
• 2 press whole almonds and candied cherries against buttered sides and bottom, making a pretty pattern or design on pan.
• 3 dust lightly with flour. set pan aside.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, nutmeg, eggs, eggnog, melted butter and rum.
• 5 beat until smooth, about 4 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed.
• 6 pour batter into decorated pan.
• 7 bake in preheated oven @ 350°f for 45- 55 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
• 8 let cool in pan 10 minutes. invert on rack and cool thoroughly.