Here is our easy egg nog pudding cake recipe using just 5 ingredients and yellow! Made for the holidays this turns out to be a really moist cake dessert with a classic Christmas flavor we all love.
When holidays near we love things like peppermint and egg nog! I’m talking everything with those flavors. This year I became a little obsessed with pudding cake recipes and just had to make a holiday egg nog pudding cake! If you have never incorporated a box of instant pudding mix into a cake it really does change the texture and bring a richness to an already yummy dessert.
We first started with this pumpkin pudding cake and it was so popular we thought of others which we will share below too. We make both at the end of the year and I swear every single person who has a slice raves about it!!
I mean we have made a bunch of easy dump cake recipes over the years but there is really just one swap out where you use egg nog instead of milk to make this which changes the whole taste….I should have figured this out so much sooner!
Egg Nog Cake Ingredients
I typically will use Yellow cake mix found at the store or online to make this because that drink is typically that color anyway. I mean white would work too if that is all you can find.
To make it super duper moist you will add a box of Vanilla instant pudding mix, any brand is fine in with the dry mix above.
Instead of milk to make the cake batter you will use Egg nog instead, don’t use low fat, come on.
You’ll still want to use some Vegetable oil. I would not suggest that you substitute this for something else.
Your large Eggs should be at room temperature when added to make it as light and fluffy as possible and I typically add some Nutmeg inside the mix and a sprinkle on top
Use a 9×13″ pan, I had a glass one so I used that which is nice because it’s a bit prettier when serving the whole thing to guests.
Tips
Years later I did notice that every once and a while I could find egg nog cake mix. It is rare that I will stumble upon that but when I do I buy a few boxes for this recipe! You could even mix flavors like using coconut or even chocolate might mix well.
When you mix everything together it will be quite thick. That is totally fine. I spread it out in my cake pan evenly and it fluffs up quite a bit in the baking process. Now with our other pudding cakes they were even more dense than this one and consistency is really a personal preference.
You could pour your cake batter into a greased and flour sprinkled bundt cake pan too if you wanted. Leave plain, spread on some cream cheese icing when done, or we just like some ice cream on top. If you love eggnog you’re going to flip over this quick easy dessert recipe.
How Long to Bake Egg Nog Pudding Cake
For this and our banana pudding cake it was very dense and didn’t rise like this one but was fabulous. If you like a cake a bit drier I would bake closer to 35 minutes, we like it closer to 32-33 minutes.
It’s a really fun and simple Christmas dessert to make and serve if people are coming over. I assure you they have probably never made or tried this style before. It was a dream I had really. lol I just can’t get enough of this drink during the holidays and thought you should be able to substitute milk with egg nog. Totally worked.
You could even really serve it for breakfast as a sort of sweet bread, or brunch for sure without the scoop of ice cream on top. If you are hosting a holiday party and looking for other festive treats to serve we have a few others to share with you too like:
Egg Nog Pudding Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix, approx 16 oz.
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding, 3.4 oz
- 1.5 cup egg nog
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Use a mixer on low speed and mix all ingredients together until smooth, it will be thick!
- Spray non stick spray inside a 13×9 cake pan and spoon mixture in.
- Spread so it is the same thickness all the way across the pan so it bakes evenly.
- Put into preheated oven at 350 degrees for 33 minutes (until top is golden brown and toothpick comes out clean, do NOT overbake).
- Allow to cool almost completely if you want pieces to come out very clean with straight edges.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other holiday recipes you’ll love
Egg nog cookie cups can be made with the remainder of your half or full gallon. Microwave peppermint fudge is a super simple no bake dessert kids love helping to create. Our peppermint bark recipe is my youngest daughter’s favorite because she gets to smash the candy canes to make it.
One more simple treat are these 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins. If you are having a brunch make them all! Neither one of these are technically homemade but you’d never know it, they’re delicious as ever. The other nice thing about that too is there are fewer ingredients, no creaming butter and sugar or mixing flour mixture until smooth.
How to save leftovers
If you do have leftovers you should cover with plastic wrap tightly. Do not slice what you don’t eat initially. It will stay moister if it is left in one solid piece and cut when enjoyed. Normally I will leave cake on the countertop but this one I like to put into the fridge when stored. I think it’s wonderful the next day served cold, kinda’ like pumpkin pie.
You could of course set on a small plate and warm for about 45 seconds in the microwave as well. Old egg nog though is the bomb so there’s that from me. You could use this same idea with any sort of boxed cake mix recipes. I mean if you thought pumpkin and this holiday drink would mix well then try it with spice cake mix instead.
Use your imagination when it comes to the holidays I say. We have even made cake mix gingerbread men with the kiddos during this time of year. Turns out amazingly well.
