Name: Rum and Eggnog Loaf
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 ½ cups (550 mL) all-purpose flour; 2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder; 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda; ½ tsp (2 mL) salt; ¼ tsp (1 mL) nutmeg; ¼ tsp (1 mL) cinnamon; ½ cup (125 mL) butter (room temperature); ½ cup (125 mL) granulated sugar; ½ cup (125 mL) light brown sugar; 2 large eggs (room temperature); 1 cup (250 mL) eggnog; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) rum (or rum extract); 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla; 2 cups (500 mL) powdered sugar; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) eggnog; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) milk; 1 tsp (5 mL) rum

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

40 min

Yields

12 servings

The traditional festive cocktail takes on a new, decadent form.

Courtesy of Olivia Bogacki, livforcake.com, Port Moody, B.C.

ingredients

Loaf

2 ½

cups (550 mL) all-purpose flour

tsp (10 mL) baking powder

tsp (5 mL) baking soda

tsp (2 mL) salt

tsp (1 mL) nutmeg

tsp (1 mL) cinnamon

cup (125 mL) butter (room temperature)

cup (125 mL) granulated sugar

cup (125 mL) light brown sugar

large eggs (room temperature)

cup (250 mL) eggnog

Tbsp (30 mL) rum (or rum extract)

tsp (5 mL) vanilla

Glaze

cups (500 mL) powdered sugar

Tbsp (15 mL) eggnog

Tbsp (15 mL) milk

tsp (5 mL) rum

Ingredient Substitution Guide

directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC) and grease one 9- x 5-inch (2 L) loaf pan.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Step 3

Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar using stand mixer until mixture is pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

Step 4

Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating after each addition. Mix in rum and vanilla.

Step 5

Starting and ending with dry ingredients, alternate adding dry ingredients and eggnog to butter mixture, making 3 additions of flour mixture and 2 of eggnog and mixing fully between additions.

Step 6

Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake in centre of oven for 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centre of loaf comes out clean.

Step 7

Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Step 8

In small bowl, combine powdered sugar, eggnog, milk and rum; stir until smooth, adding more eggnog if necessary. Spread over cooled loaf.

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