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Yields:
6 - 8 serving(s)
Prep Time:
25 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 50 mins
Cal/Serv:
1817
The holidays aren't the holidays without eggnog. This layer cake takes cues from the classic holiday drink for a perfectly decadent and festive dessert. We'd take a slice of this over a Christmas cookie any day.
Made it? Let us know how it went in the comment section below!
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Ingredients
For cake
nonstick cooking spray
- 2 cups
all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp.
baking powder
- 3/4 tsp.
cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp.
freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp.
kosher salt
- 1/2 cup
(1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups
granulated sugar
- 3
large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup
store-bought eggnog
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
For pudding
- 1
(3.4-0z) box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup
cold store-bought eggnog
- 1/4 cup
bourbon
pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 cup
cool whip
For frosting
- 3
sticks unsalted butter
- 5 cups
powder sugar
- 1/2 cup
store-bought eggnog
- 1/4 tsp.
kosher salt
Directions
- Step 1Preheat oven to 350º. Spray two 8-inch cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with parchment; spray parchment.
- Step 2In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Step 3In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and beat until fully combined. Add dry mixture and beat until combined. Add eggnog and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Step 4Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 44 minutes. Cool completely.
- Step 5Meanwhile, make pudding: In a large bowl, whisk pudding mix, eggnog, bourbon, and nutmeg and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Step 6Make frosting: In another large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter with half the powdered sugar until smooth. Add remaining powdered sugar, eggnog, and salt and beat until fluffy. If mixture is too stiff, add more eggnog.
- Step 7Transfer half the frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a ½-inch round pastry tip.
- Step 8Level the top of each cake with a serrated knife to create even layers. Place down one cake and pipe frosting around the perimeter of the cake. Fill in center with vanilla pudding. Top with remaining cake.
- Step 9Using about 1 1/2 cups of frosting, smooth a crumb coat around outside of the cake. Transfer cake to refrigerator until frosting is hardened, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Step 10Spread outside of cake with remaining frosting.
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