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Eggnog Cake (Grandma's Recipe)

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

Grandma's eggnog cake without flour is an absolute classic! The eggnog cake with nut base and chocolate tastes brilliant.

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Such a rich eggnog cake with a nut base is an absolute classic. Sure, the eggnog cake may not be particularly trendy. But grandma's recipe always tastes good. My recipe is also a gluten-free eggnog cake without flour and raw eggs. It is even a bit healthy 😉.

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Taste and Occasion

No, of course, it isn't healthy. But what the recipe is: easy to make compared to other eggnog cakes. There are several reasons for that. My eggnog cake consists of a chocolate sponge cake filled and spread with eggnog cream. There is no buttercream with raw egg, where yet something can go wrong - and for some, due to the risk of salmonella, anyway is a no-go.

Also, instead of regular gelatin, which must be soaked, dissolved and stirred in at the right temperature, I use a simple gelatin-fix (or a vegan alternative). There are many delicious alternatives: Eggnog cake with an almond base, for example. Instead of baking the eggnog cake with cranberries, you can also use cherries. A vegetarian eggnog cake without gelatin is also possible. More about the variations in the recipe.

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Ingredients

The eggnog cake with nut base is particularly moist because you bake it without flour. I refined the Viennese sponge cake with grated chocolate. Because of the layers - base, cream, icing, decoration - the recipe is somewhat time-consuming. If you are in a hurry, you can make the cake "exceptionally" 😉 with a purchased Viennese sponge without baking.

By the way, my grandma calls the cranberry-eggnog cake "hunter's cake". Unlike me, she makes a thin kneaded dough base in addition to the sponge. But also her alternative of the eggnog cake is without egg in the cream (so without raw egg), furthermore an eggnog cake without gelatin, because she only uses cream stiffener.

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Talking about alternatives: Jan thought the cake was great. But he asked me in all seriousness whether we could omit the eggnog in the eggnog cake without flour 😉 . Sure, the liqueur is not everyone's cup of tea. But used in recipes like a eggnog gugelhupf, eggnog muffins, eggnog cream or just this hunter's cake the liqueur tastes good!

hunters-cake

How to make the Eggnog Cake

Let's get started: Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C and grease the bottom of a springform pan or line with baking paper. Now, melt the butter. Finely grate or chop the chocolate.

For the Viennese sponge cake, beat the eggs with the sugar for a few minutes until very foamy and mix nuts or almonds with baking powder. Then, gently stir in on low speed together with the melted butter and rum. Fold in the chocolate chips and pour the dough into the pan and smooth out. Bake for about 30 minutes. Loosen from the edge and let cool on a cooling rack.

Now, it's time for cutting off about one-third of the bottom horizontally with a sharp large knife or thread. Place the bottom thick layer on a cake plate. Spread the thin base with slightly warmed cranberry jam, stirring until smooth and - if it is very chunky - strained.

For the eggnog cream, whip the cream until stiff while swirling in the cream stiffener and gelatin-fix, and finally stir in the sugar and eggnog. Spread about half of the cream on the bottom cake layer. Carefully place the second jam-covered base over the top so that the cream and berries are directly on top of each other. Spread the cream on the top of this thin base and brush the edge of the cake.

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After that, whip the cream for the dots with powdered sugar and cream stiffener until stiff. Using a piping bag, pipe dots all over the top of the cake. Mix the egg liqueur for the icing with the Gelatinefix. Gently pour onto the cake and spread.

In the end, refrigerate the cake for approx. 1-2 hours. Before serving, decorate the edge and the cream dots with chocolate shavings as desired. Enjoy your delicious eggnog cake.

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Top Tip

So-called gelatin-fix or instant gelatin is available in sachets of 15 or 30 grams and replaces 3 or 6 sheets of gelatine. It is unnecessary to soak, mix or heat the gelatine; it is easy to stir the gelatin into a liquid such as cream or egg liqueur (which should not be too cold).
Of course, regular leaf gelatin or ground gelatin are also suitable instead. Use according to package directions.

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Grandma's Eggnog Cake

Grandma's eggnog cake with nut base and cranberries is a beloved classic. This flourless eggnog cake ("hunter's cake") is easy but a bit time-consuming - made for a great coffee table!
Prep Time40 mins
Baking Time30 mins
Waiting TIme1 hr
Calories: 408kcal

Equipment

  • Springform Pan (10 in/26 cm)

Ingredients

For the base

  • 6 eggs, medium
  • 110 grams (⅔ cup) sugar
  • 240 grams (1 ¾ cups) ground nuts, or almonds
  • 80 grams (½ cup) dark chocolate, grated
  • 70 grams (⅓ cup) butter, liquid
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon rum, or eggnog

To coat

  • 120 grams (⅓ cup) cranberry jam, or berry jam

For the cream

  • 600 grams (2 ½ cups) cream
  • 1 sachet vanilla sugar
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 70 grams (⅓ cup) eggnog
  • 20 grams (1 ⅖ tablespoons) gelatin-fix, or veg. alternatives
  • 1 sachet cream stiffener

For the decoration

  • 100 grams (⅖ cup) cream
  • ½ sachet cream stiffener
  • 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
  • 150 grams (⅔ cup) eggnog
  • 10 grams (¾ tablespoon) gelatin-fix, or 2 sheets of gelatin, or veg. alternatives
  • 60 grams (⅓ cup) dark chocolate, grated

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 360°F/180°C. Grease the bottom of a springform pan or line with baking paper. Melt the butter. Finely grate or chop the chocolate.
  • First, for the Viennese sponge cake, beat the eggs with the sugar for a few minutes until very foamy. Mix nuts or almonds with baking powder. Gently stir in on low speed together with the melted butter and rum. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour dough into the pan and smooth out. Bake for about 30 minutes. Loosen from the edge and let cool on a cooling rack.
  • Cut off about one-third of the bottom horizontally with a sharp large knife or thread. Place the bottom thick layer on a cake plate. Spread the thin base with slightly warmed cranberry jam, stirring until smooth and - if it is very chunky - strained.
  • For the eggnog cream, whip the cream until stiff while swirling in the cream stiffener and gelatin-fix, and finally stir in the sugar and eggnog. Spread about half of the cream on the bottom cake layer. Carefully place the second jam-covered base over the top so that the cream and berries are directly on top of each other. Spread the cream on the top of this thin base and brush the edge of the cake.
  • Whip the cream for the dots with powdered sugar and cream stiffener until stiff. Using a piping bag, pipe dots all over the top of the cake. Mix the egg liqueur for the icing with the Gelatinefix. Gently pour onto the cake and spread.
  • Refrigerate the cake for approx. 1-2 hours. Before serving, decorate the edge and the cream dots with chocolate shavings as desired.

Notes

You want to replace ingredients? Here you find tips for baking substitutions!

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!
This eggnog cake without flour is an absolute classic! The eggnog cake with nut base and chocolate tastes brilliant.This eggnog cake without flour is an absolute classic! The eggnog cake with nut base and chocolate tastes brilliant.This eggnog cake without flour is an absolute classic! The eggnog cake with nut base and chocolate tastes brilliant.

Variations

For a vegetarian eggnog tart without gelatin, you can also whip the cream just with 3-4 sachets of the cream stiffener, but here I would use a little less eggnog to maintain the mass. Alternatively, use a vegetarian thickener such as agar-agar. You can also make the eggnog frosting without gelatin. Then it is essential that the cream dots are set very tightly and the cake is cooled a few hours before cutting.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Grandma's Eggnog Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 408 Calories from Fat 297
% Daily Value*
Fat 33g51%
Saturated Fat 17g106%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 11g
Cholesterol 140mg47%
Sodium 88mg4%
Potassium 288mg8%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 873IU17%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 92mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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