Eggnog Bundt Cake with Eggnog Frosting Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What kind of frosting do you put on a bundt cake? ›

Frost with cream cheese buttercream:

This is the same process as above, but you'll use cream cheese based buttercream to do it. You could either cover the entire bundt cake in it or just make half a batch and warm it up, or add extra milk to thin out the consistency.

Almost any frosting you would use on traditional cakes or cupcakes will work for a bundt cake, but there are some that work better than others. 1. Buttercream frosting: You can frost a bundt cake with a traditional cake frosting like buttercream frosting.

A Bundt cake should chill in the pan for 15-20 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack; it then needs another 1-2 hours to cool down completely. This signature ring-shaped delight deserves the time!

A rich coating of chocolate or a drizzle of icing are great choices for Bundt cakes. Not only do they add flavor and sweetness, they're also thin enough to let the design of your cake show through.

Everybody likes to enjoy their Bundt Cakes a little differently. For all of our cake sizes, you can choose to enjoy them with regular, extra or no frosting.

Making a glaze from canned frosting

The basic process is simple: scoop any flavor of canned frosting into a microwave-safe bowl and heat it on high for 30 to 45 seconds, stirring in between each interval until you achieve your desired consistency. For half a can of frosting, reduce the cooking time by half.

You can absolutely change out the buttercream for a glaze if you'd like — really whatever you prefer. And if you do choose the buttercream you can either pipe it on or just completely frost the cake with it. Just make sure every bite has some of that delicious frosting goodness 🙂 Enjoy!

Cool the cake or pastries completely before glazing. Warm baked goods will make the glaze too runny, and it may soak into the crust, making the cake soggy. Brush away any loose crumbs on the cake or pastries before decorating.

Allow the Cake to Cool

Once you've cooked your bundt cake and removed it from the oven, allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then place a wire cooling rack over the base of the cake and invert the pan to release.

Do you flip a bundt cake quickly? ›

When you remove your cake from the oven, don't flip it out of the pan right away! Instead, let the cake cool for ten minutes in the pan. Then, placing the wire rack over the base of the cake, invert the pan.

Please do NOT use a regular cooking spray because it tends to leave a sticky residue on the pan, and the cake may stick; also, the residue left on the pan may be very difficult to clean completely, making it more likely that future cakes will stick.

In order to get the European style dessert they loved, the women knew they needed a special pan with a hole in the middle. This type of pan helps bake all the batter and prevents the under-cooking of dense batter that occurs in a traditional baking pan.

The middle oven rack is the happy place where air is circulating, the heat sources are evenly distributed, and tops and bottoms aren't in danger of burning or browning too quickly. It's the perfect place for cakes, cookies, and brownies to stay and bake.

Buttercream is the most popular type of frosting largely because of its few ingredients and easy application. Classic buttercream requires beating butter into icing sugar until you reach a frosting consistency. It's not possible to over beat this type of frosting, so the longer you beat it, the fluffier it gets.

Drizzle with a Glaze or Sauce. Save the buttercream for another day because the very best, and easiest, way to decorate a Bundt cake (beyond powdered sugar, of course) is drizzling a glaze or simple sauce over the top. You see, Bundt cakes are simply stunning the way they are.

The Nothing Bundt Cakes icing is made with cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream.