Eggnog Butter Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon rum extract
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons water
• red and green glazed cherries
• 1 1/2 cups eggnog
• 3 tablespoons eggnog
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 2 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 beat butter until creamy.
• 2 gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• 4 blend in flavorings.
• 5 stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 6 add flour mixture and wet ingredients (egg nog and milk) to butter mixture alternately, beating until smooth after each addition.
• 7 turn into greased and floured 10 inch tube or bunt pan.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 min or until cake tests clean with tooth pick.
• 9 cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• 10 remove from pan.
• 11 cool, right side up, on rack.
• 12 to make icing: combine egg nog, light corn syrup and rum extract. gradually add 2 3/4 cup sifted confectioners sugar, beating until smooth.
• 13 for icing: combine confectioners sugar with wet ingredients beat until smooth.
• 14 high altitude directions 5000- 6500 feet: cake-decrease baking powder to 2 1/4 teaspoon. bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 55 minutes. icing-add 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons egg nog.