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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Christmas

    Eggnog Snowflake Cake Topped with Eggnog Ganache

    Published: Jan 10, '15 · Modified: Dec 6, '19 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    On this incredibly chilly winter morning, I'm enjoying a piece of Eggnog Snowflake Cake.

    Yes, I eat cake for breakfast. Don't you?

    On this incredibly chilly winter morning, I'm enjoying a piece of Eggnog Snowflake Cake. Yes, I eat cake for breakfast. Don't you?

    The forecast was calling for several snow showers in our area this week, but the 6 inches we got on Monday night has, so far, been the extent of it. Looking out my window onto the open expanse of glistening white snow put me in the mood to bake this cake.

    I had actually planned to make this for Christmas, but I am glad I waited. We had more than enough treats at our Christmas celebration and it feels more appropriate to make this now that we have a blanket of snow covering everything around us.

    Eggnog Snowflake Cake Topped with Eggnog Ganache by HungryHappenings.com

    Do you still have some eggnog in your refrigerator? I had a full un-opened carton, which I put to good use in this cake. I started with a box of Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix which I doctored up with the eggnog. I topped the cake with a bright white eggnog glaze and a sprinkling of powdered sugar.

    This cake couldn't be simpler to make or decorate, yet looks pretty striking. Not quite as striking as this cake, however ...

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    A simple wintertime dessert bursting with eggnog flavor. Eggnog Snowflake Cake Topped with Eggnog Ganache by HungryHappenings.com

    Eggnog Pound Cake Snowflake with Eggnog Ganache

    Ingredients:

    Eggnog Pound Cake- (recipe adapted, from My Recipes)
    1 Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix
    1 ¼ cups eggnog
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    ¼ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
    optional, 1 teaspoon rum extract

    Eggnog Ganache-
    1   10-ounce bag Wilton Bright White Candy Melts*
    ½ cup eggnog
    1 teaspoon light corn syrup

    Decoration-
    a sprinkling of powdered sugar

    *If you want a really intense eggnog flavor use Wilton's Egg Nog Candy Melts instead of the Bright White Candy Melts. I made both and absolutely loved the intense eggnog version. Unfortunately, it makes a cream-colored ganache and I wanted a pretty white snowflake, so I opted for the bright white candy melts.

    Supplies:

    Wilton Snowflake Cake Pan
    Cake Release or non-stick spray
    cooling rack
    cake leveler or serrated knife
    cake lifter or oven/pizza spatula

    Instructions:

    Wilton Snowflake Cake Pan

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

    Brush the snowflake cake pan with Cake Release or spray with non-stick spray.

    Easy Eggnog Pound Cake Recipe using Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix | HungryHappenings.com

    Mix eggnog pound cake ingredients together using an electric mixer set on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Pour into snowflake pan.

    Snowflake Cake

    Bake for 30-34 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

    Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a cooling rack. Cool completely.

    How to make a snowflake cake.

    The cake will have domed, so level the cake using either a cake leveler or a serrated knife.

    The bottom cake also makes a nice snowflake. Just cut out the holes in the snowflake and make glaze to frost it as well.

    Bright White Eggnog Ganache

    To make bright white ganache, combine Wilton's Bright White Candy Melts with eggnog and corn syrup. Microwave on high for 30-second increments, stirring after each until melted.

    Covering a snowflake cake in white chocolate ganache.

    Set the cooling rack over a piece of parchment paper.

    Allow the ganache to thicken for about 30-45 minutes then pour over the cake. You want it thin enough to pour, but thick enough that it will coat the cake nicely. I poured mine before it was thick enough and had to scrape it up and add a second coat.

    Glazes Snowflake Cake with Powdered Sugar on Top

    While the cake is still on the cooling rack, sprinkle powdered sugar over top. I had a mess on my cake board and had to move the cake again.

    Glazes Snowflake Cake

    You'll need a large oven & pizza spatula or cake lifter to move your cake. I use my oven spatula all the time, for cakes, lifting pizzas. moving cheesecakes and more. It's a great tool.

    Being I had to move the snowflake off the cake board, I decided to put it on a clear plate to take pictures. It looked better.

    Snowflake Cake Tutorial

    I wish I would have taken a picture of the other half of the cake which I glazed with the ganache made using the Eggnog Candy Melts, but I was too eager to cut into it to taste it, and before I knew it a big chunk had been eaten. Oh, well It happens. It is cool that you essentially get two cakes out of this recipe. The other one is thin compared to this one, but it looks just as pretty. 

    Items used for this project that are available on Amazon.com (commission earned for sales)

    Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

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    1. The Partiologist

      January 22, 2015 at 1:17 pm

      I just love this and I think I have this pan. If not, I want this pan! And, I even purchased those eggnog candy melts, now I know what to do with them, I bet I could use them in place of the white, right?

      Reply
      • beth

        January 24, 2015 at 12:45 pm

        I definitely preferred the taste of the glaze made with the eggnog candy melts because I love eggnog. The bright white glaze was much prettier though, so it's a toss up as to which I really preferred.

        Reply
    2. Azu

      January 15, 2015 at 11:26 pm

      Lately I'm into an eggnog obession lol, and I was thinking about an eggnog cake. This one looks amazing!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 16, 2015 at 1:11 pm

        You're going to love this cake. I seriously could have eaten the entire cake myself:)

        Reply
    3. Thalia @ butter and brioche

      January 15, 2015 at 10:32 pm

      Breakfast is my favourite time to eat a slice of cake too! This eggnog cake just looks SO delicious and I have to get my hands on one of those snowflake pans - never seen them before!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 24, 2015 at 12:43 pm

        I love sweets in the morning. I usually eat yogurt, but some days a girl just needs some cake or cookies:)

        Reply
    4. June Burns

      January 10, 2015 at 5:17 pm

      What a pretty cake! Love the baking pan, very cute 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        January 10, 2015 at 6:09 pm

        Thanks, June. The pan really does make a beautiful cake and is so easy to use. I love that the cake popped right out.

        Reply
    5. Hani Bacova

      January 10, 2015 at 3:47 pm

      I'm totally love thing Beth. I had no idea there was a cake pan like that. I must have it now. Sounds really delicious too, I love pound cake.

      Reply
      • beth

        January 10, 2015 at 6:11 pm

        Thanks, Hani. The pan is great and I'm happy to have one on hand. I'm sure I'll use it quite a lot.

        Reply
    6. Will

      January 10, 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Yummy:) This looks great 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        January 10, 2015 at 2:09 pm

        Thanks, Will. It is so yummy that I've eaten half the cake myself. Oops!

        Reply

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