Bourbon And Eggnog Spiced Cake With Cherries And Almonds

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup prepared eggnog
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup chopped glaceed cherries
• 3/4 cup chopped toasted almond
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 tablespoon eggnog
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs until blended.
• 3 beat in eggnog and bourbon until blended.
• 4 in a bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients and beat into egg mixture until nicely blended.
• 5 do not overbeat.
• 6 spread batter evenly into a greased 10-inch tube pan and bake in a 350° oven for about 55 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
• 7 allow to cool in pan.
• 8 when cool, remove from pan and drizzle top with eggnog cream glaze.
• 9 decorate top with whole glaceed cherries and toasted slivered almonds.
• 10 eggnog cream glaze:
• 11 stir together all the ingredients until blended.