Winter Snow Flurry Cake with Fluffy Eggnog Frosting and Sugar Snow Crystals

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Egg whites, jumbo

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 2 3/4 cups Cake flour
  • 2 tbsp Clear vanilla
  • 1 Fluffy eggnog frosting
  • 1 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, ground
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, heaping ground
  • 5 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

• Dairy

  • 2 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1/2 cup Eggnog, organic
  • 1/4 cup Eggnog

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Description

Ingredients

• 2 ¾ cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ cup organic eggnog (not low fat)
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract (regular is fine, too; however, the cake will not be quite as white)
• 4 jumbo egg whites, room temp
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temp
• 1 ¾ cup granulated sugar
• Fluffy Eggnog Frosting (recipe below)
• 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened at room temp
• 5 ½ – 5 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted
• ¼ cup eggnog, room temp
• 1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon, heaping, ground nutmeg

Directions

• -Preheat oven to 350°, and line three, 8” cake pans with parchment and mist with cooking spray.
• -Add the butter to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, and cream until fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.