Janelle Maiocco

Hi.

Welcome to my blog. I live in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle on an Urban Farm (w/ five laying hens and a huge garden). I am a trained chef (w/ a certificate in food preservation), taught at a cooking school & like to share 'kitchen hacks' - culinary tips that save time, money & maximize flavor. If that isn't enough, I also run a food+tech startup called Barn2Door.com - a platform to help everyone easily find & buy food directly from farmers, fishers & ranchers (from CSA's to urban farm eggs to 1/2 a grass-fed cow).

Eggnog Pound Cake

Eggnog Pound Cake

eggnog pound cake recipe | talkoftomatoes
eggnog pound cake recipe | talkoftomatoes

Tis the season to cream butter and sugar, turn cocktails red and green, crunch candy canes for peppermint bark, and come up with foodie gifts like eggnog pound cake. I made 6 mini loaves with this recipe, then wrapped, ribboned and labeled them to spread around the eggnog love. You can freeze a few extra loaves and if you are [tip-of-the-hat] well organized, use extra pound cake for a seasonal trifle (use pound cake in place of ladyfingers or 'cake layers' used in most trifle recipes). I just tucked away a few loaves for a future Chocolate Rum Torte (coming soon to a blog near you).

I have had this recipe cut and pasted (the old way with a scissors and paper) into a 3 ring binder for years. I have no idea where it came from, but am grateful to have it. Someone else who was grateful? My 3 year old neighbor who, after last night's dinner at our house, was given a token mini eggnog pound cake. I cannot contain a smile when I think of him licking---yes, licking---it all the way home (unabashed appreciation warms any cook's heart; especially a 3 year old who estimates it is so good it should be licked). Here, the recipe for lick-able eggnog pound cake:

Eggnog Pound Cake 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 3 cups sugar 6 eggs 3 cups flour 1 cup eggnog 1 cup coconut 1 tsp lemon extract 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp coconut extract

Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Well. Mix after each, just to blend: 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup eggnog, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup eggnog, 1 cup flour. Add coconut and extracts, stir just to blend. Pour into greased, floured 10 inch bundt or 6 mini loaf pans (for gifts or freeze some for later) and bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours (I did 1 hour for the mini loaves).

Note: Feel free to omit the coconut flakes/shreds and extract; sub 1/2 tsp rum extract.

eggnog pound cake recipe | talkoftomatoes
eggnog pound cake recipe | talkoftomatoes
snowball cookie recipe with pecans

snowball cookie recipe with pecans

Christmas Kazi

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