Harvest Pound Cake Win Eggnog Cranberry Glaze Recipes

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY EGGNOG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggnog, eggs, butter, nutmeg and vanilla; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Fold in cranberries., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For topping, in a small bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. In another small bowl, mix Mascarpone cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla just until combined. Fold in whipped cream. Serve with cake; sprinkle with additional nutmeg.

APPLE HARVEST POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; stir into the batter just until blended. Fold in the apples and walnuts using a spoon. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the crown or the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for about 20 minutes then invert on to a wire rack.
• Make the glaze by heating the butter, milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat. Drizzle over the warm cake. I like to place a sheet of aluminum foil under the cooling rack to catch the drips for easy clean up.

EGGNOG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Move the oven rack to the lower 1/3 of the oven. Grease and flour a tube or bundt pan or spray with baking spray. Set aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter sugar, rum and vanilla extracts. Beat for 2-3 minutes until fluffy and fully combined.
• Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl periodically.
• Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with eggnog. Beginning and ending with flour. After all has been added, increase the speed of the mixer and beat just until fully combined. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bounce the pan on the counter to settle batter.
• Place into the oven and bake for 1 hour 10-15-minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center shows moist crumbs. Check halfway through and lay a piece of aluminum foil on top to prevent over browning, if needed.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes then remove and place onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar or glaze, if desired.
• To glaze: In a small bowl whisk together powdered sugar, eggnog butter and rum extract. (May use 1-2 Tbsp dark rum in place of extract, if preferred.) Add additional eggnog until your desired thickness is reached.
• Drizzle over cake and dust with nutmeg. Store chilled.

CRANBERRY POUND CAKE WITH CRANBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350F with shelf in middle of oven.
• Butter and flour 3-quart bundt cake pan.
• In large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter; add sugar, a little at a time, until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk (begin and end with flour); fold in cranberries; spoon batter into prepared cake pan; smooth the top.
• Bake 1-1/4 hours or until tester comes out clean; cool on rack 10 minutes; turn out; allow to cool completely.
• Glaze: In heavy saucepan, over moderate heat, cook sugar and water; stir and wash down crystals on side of pan with brush dipped in water; add cranberries; bring to a boil; boil, undisturbed, until mixture reaches 250F;.
• strain through fine sieve, pressing hard on solids;.
• allow to cool slightly; brush on cake.

EGGNOG GLAZE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients adding enough eggnog for desired consisitency.

HARVEST POUND CAKE WIN EGGNOG-CRANBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325̊ F. Lightly coat a 12-inch Bundt Pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl combine the flour, the ginger, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, the cloves, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, the baking powder and the salt. Whisk to blend. Set aside. Cream the butter and the granulated sugar, at a medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 3 - 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one-at-a-time, beating well after each addition. At a low speed, beat in the pumpkin and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well blended. Gradually add the flour mixture, beating until just incorporated. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake until top of cake is light brown and a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 80 - 90 minutes. Remove from oven and set pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Invert cake on a wire rack and cool completely. For the glaze. In a medium bowl combine 2 Tablespoons butter, the cream cheese, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/ 4 teaspoon nutmeg. Beat at a low speed until well blended, about 1 - 2 minutes. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in eggnog until desired consistency. Pour or spoon glaze over top of cooled cake. Sprinkle with cranberries. Let set until glaze is set, about 15 - 20 minutes. Slice and serve.

OVERNIGHT CRANBERRY-EGGNOG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In a small bowl, whisk eggnog, sour cream and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, orange zest, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with eggnog mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in cranberries. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. For streusel, in a small bowl, mix sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon until blended. Stir in pecans; sprinkle over batter. Refrigerate, covered, at least 8 hours or overnight. , Preheat oven to 350°. Remove pan from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 20 minutes., For glaze, in a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and eggnog until smooth; drizzle over cake. Serve warm.