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Gingerbread Eggnog Swirl Cake

The Gingerbread Eggnog Swirl Cake is a moist, spiced holiday treat with a tender crumb, perfectly balanced by the creamy sweetness of eggnog and a rich, spiced gingerbread flavor.
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Course: Dessert
Keyword: baking, cake, Christmas, holiday
Servings: 2 loaves
Author: Hailey McCluskey

Ingredients

For the eggnog batter:

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cups flour all purpose
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • ¾ cup eggnog

For the gingerbread batter:

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup molasses
  • 1¾ cups flour all purpose
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp cinnamon

For the glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp eggnog

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 loaf pans with parchment paper.
  • Prepare the eggnog batter: In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar until fluffy about 2 minutes. Add eggs, vanilla, mayonnaise & eggnog until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice & sugar. Add dry ingredients to your batter and beat until just combined. Set aside prepared batter.
  • Prepare the gingerbread batter: In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar until fluffy about 2 minutes. Add eggs, molasses & mayonnaise until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda & spices. Add dry ingredients to your batter and beat until just combined.
  • Add scoops of each batter to your prepared loaf pan, alternating between flavors to create a swirled cake. Bake for about 45-50 minutes, covering with foil at 30 minutes to avoid top from being too brown. When toothpick inserted in center comes out clean it is done.
  • Remove from pan and allow to cook before glazing. For the glaze combine powdered sugar and eggnog and whisk.