The traditional festive cocktail takes on a new, decadent form.
Courtesy of Olivia Bogacki, livforcake.com, Port Moody, B.C.
ingredients
Loaf
Glaze
directions
Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC) and grease one 9- x 5-inch (2 L) loaf pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar using stand mixer until mixture is pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating after each addition. Mix in rum and vanilla.
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.
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.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
In small bowl, combine powdered sugar, eggnog, milk and rum; stir until smooth, adding more eggnog if necessary. Spread over cooled loaf.