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this cake is so festive and decadent the
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eggnog frosting is rich and creamy and
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not too sweet and the vanilla cake
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layers are buttery and optionally spiked
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with brandy or Rum the flavor is
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incredible the vanilla cake is simply
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butter and sugar eggs and vanilla then
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buttermilk and a little bit of oil and
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the dry ingredients flour baking powder
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baking soda and salt these bake in three
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8 in pans at 325° F or 160° C for 35
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minutes until the cake bounces back up
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when you poke it let them cool in the
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pans for about 10 minutes until you can
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lift the pans without burning yourself
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and leave the cakes to cool on a wire
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rack for about an hour meanwhile make
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the eggnog frosting which is one of my
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favorite things ever this is an hermine
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frosting or boiled milk frosting or
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cooked flour frosting all of the names
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sound awful but trust me you definitely
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need to make this put flour milk and
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salt in a pan and cook over medium heat
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for about 5 5 minutes until it simmers
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the mixture will thicken suddenly so
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don't stop whisking for a moment so it
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doesn't get lumpy as soon as it thickens
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switch to a spatula and scrape along the
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bottom and sides of the pan stirring for
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about 2 minutes until the mixture
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thickens enough to leave ribbons when
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you lift the spatula it needs to be
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quite thick somewhere in between being
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liquid and solid remove the pan from the
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Heat and add vanilla and Nutmeg and
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cinnamon mix that in and then pour it
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all into a bowl cover it with plastic
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wrap pushing it down onto to the surface
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and put it into the fridge for about an
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hour to cool to room temperature while
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the eggnog frosting is cooling make a
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spiked simple syrup with brandy or Rum I
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don't like to drink either of these but
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I love the flavor in this cake making
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the syrup is quick and easy mix water
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sugar and half a tablespoon of rum or
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Brandy in a pan bring it to a simmer
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over medium heat stirring occasionally
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until the sugar dissolves then let this
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cool then pour it into a squeezy bottle
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or use a pastry brush to drizzle or
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brush the over your cake layers you can
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do this onto the cake layers as they are
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or if they're domed level the tops with
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a serrated knife and the syrup will
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absorb much better like this mix butter
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and sugar together for about 5 minutes
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until it's smooth and fluffy and lighter
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in color take your cooked flour mixture
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out of the fridge and it should have
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thickened to a pudding like consistency
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scoop it into your butter and sugar
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mixture and mix for a few more minutes
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until everything's Incorporated this
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frosting is even better than eggnog in
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my opinion it was one of the best
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selling flavors when I had a cake shop
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attach the First cake layer to a
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cakeboard with a blob of the eggnog
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frosting and now layer the cake with
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more eggnog frosting so it's going to be
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inside the cake and also outside yum
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cover the cake with a thin layer of
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frosting called a crumb coat to trap any
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crumbs that come off the cake smooth the
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crumb coat but it doesn't have to be
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perfect because it's going to be covered
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up soon put the cake in the fridge for
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30 minutes or the freezer for 15 minutes
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to chill and set the crumb coat and then
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add another layer of frosting the final
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layer which you can smooth with a cake
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comb or you can give it some texture
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with a textured cake comb or the back of
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a spoon like on this pumpkin spice cake
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I added these little rosettes of eggnog
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rusting on the top using a 4B
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star-shaped piping tip however you
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decorate the cake it's going to taste
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amazing keep the cake in the fridge but
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take it out about 2 hours before you
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serve it so it has time to come to room
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temperature and the cake and frosting
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will soften and not only be easier to
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slice but also taste their best this is
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the perfect flavor combination for
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December cakes but if you want to save a
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slice for later put it into the freezer
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for 15 minutes and then wrap it in cling
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film or Saran Wrap and you can put it
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back in the freezer for 2 months so if
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you're craving eggnog in January or
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February you can pull a slice out leave
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it on the counter for a few hours to
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thaw and then enjoy it and it will taste
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just as good as when it was freshly
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baked are you going to make this cake
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tell me in the comments you'll find this
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and all of my other recipes on British G
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and the ingredients are listed in
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measuring cups and also in grams I hope
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you love this cake as much as I do
