I was so excited when I saw that the last challenge from Baking for All Occassions by Flo Braker was Eggnog Pound Cake. I love eggnog! I love buttery pound cake. The recipe looked very easy and it was. I halved the recipe because I didn't want to make a big pound cake. I had a small bundt pan so I thought I would use that. I tried to bake it in 35 minutes but it was not nearly done. So I put it in for 10 more minutes....still not done....(???) so I put it in for another 5 minutes. Finally the tester came out clean. I let it rest for 10 minutes then flipped it over to unmold. Oh boy.....the cake fell apart into 4 big pieces. So I patched it up the best I could and glazed the pitiful thing. The upside is it tasted wonderful! My cake was not dry at all...it was moist and had a nice buttery flavor. I used spiced rum instead of regular dark rum and raisins instead of currants. It was delicious!
Moist and delicious! The glaze gives it a nice crunchy exterior. I will have to try this one again sometime and do it right! If you want to see how this should have looked check out the other wonderful ABC bakers here. I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed baking along with this group and loved this cookbook! I will continue to explore new recipes and revisit the favorites that I baked this past year. Next year we will be baking from a new cookbook called The Weekend Baker by Abigail Johnson Dodge...it looks like there are many wonderful recipes to challenge all of us...it should be fun!
Until Next Time.....
I wonder what happened. The interior sure looks wonderfully moist (mine was a bit dry). And raisins sounds great too. I used dried cranberries. Thank you for baking along in 2011. I look forward to baking with you from The Weekend Baker in 2012.
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