Well as luck would have it, I forgot that before the big wind storm I had made(and photographed) a lovely eggnog cake. An experiment really that turned out nicely. I like hot milk cake and so I thought, why not replace the milk in the cake with eggnog...a risk I know, but all turned out lovely. What it produced was a very spongy yet dense cake that could easily be eaten on it's own, but I love frosting too much so that was out of the question. I personally am not an eggnog person...especially if it is made the proper way with the floating meringue. It just bothers me and I feel like I should be throwing the eggnog into a pie shell and making a custard pie out of it, instead of drinking it. But I do like the flavor of eggnog in certian things(lattes aside...coffee and eggnog don't mix well with me). I originally wanted to make cupcakes I saw a long while back on the Cupcake Blog but it seems a little too egg noggy for me. I did however steal her idea of having a bourbon cream cheese … [Read more...]