Elevate Your Holiday Table: 8 Boozy Bakes Featuring New Deal Spirits

This pound cake is pure elegance: dense, buttery, gently sweet, and fragrant with almond extract and Spiced Rum. Whether baked in a bundt or loaf pan, the dense, golden crumb is tight and velvety, yellow-hued from the eggs and butter. It’s soaked in Spiced Rum syrup while still warm, ensuring every bite is moist and fragrant. The rum adds warmth and complexity without overpowering the delicate crumb, and the flavor is a classic marriage of almond and rum—nutty, buttery, and warming, with a glaze that adds a final sugary crackle. Plus, it looks stunning on a cake stand and will keep up to four day sat room temperature.

Imagine a cookie that feels like a warm hug. Soft and chewy with crisp edges, these ginger molasses cookies get an aromatic boost from our New Deal Ginger Liqueur, giving the cookies a lingering, cozy heat. These are substantial, crinkled beauties with a deep mahogany color, drizzled with a pale, sweet glaze. Flavor-wise, they are an explosion of spice—molasses, cinnamon, and a double-dose of ginger from both the ground spice and the New Deal Ginger Liqueur in the dough and glaze. The liqueur adds a fresh, zesty heat that cuts through the rich molasses. The texture is spot-on: tender but sturdy enough to dip into milk, cider, or hot toddies.

If the holidays had an official flavor, it might be eggnog—and this Eggnog Poke Cake captures it in its coziest form. Inspired by the iconic Mexican Tres Leches cake, this light sponge cake becomes incredibly decadent after being poked and soaked with a mixture of eggnog and brandy. The texture is incredibly moist—almost pudding-like—and the flavor is pure holiday nostalgia: creamy custard, vanilla, and the warming heat of good brandy. topped with a layer of whipped cream and dusted with nutmeg, this sponge cake is ridiculously easy to make and comes together fast, making this a no-brainer dessert the busy and hectic holiday season.

These aren't your average sugar cookies. These delicate meltaways live up to their name—one bite, and they dissolve on your tongue like the first snowfall of December. New Deal Spiced Rum weaves cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla notes throughout the dough, making each cookie taste like the essence of holiday baking. The buttery shortbread base is lifted by the zest of fresh orange and the warm, vanilla-cinnamon notes of the Spiced Rum. It’s a sophisticated, aromatic bite that feels lighter than air. Dusted generously with powdered sugar, they look as though they were dipped in fresh snow, making them visually perfect for winter dessert boards or festive tins.

If holiday desserts had a universal language, caramel would be it. This Boozy Caramel Sauce, made with one of New Deal’s boldly flavored craft spirits (try Spiced Rum, Distiller's Workshop Brandy, Coffee, or Ginger Liqueur), is a silky, glossy caramel that pours like warm satin. This isn't a baked good itself, but the ultimate accessory for them. Deep amber in color and intensely aromatic, it tastes of toasted sugar and warm butter, rounded out by the complexity of whichever spirit you choose. Spiced Rum adds vanilla notes; Ginger Liqueur adds heat; Coffee Liqueur adds earthiness. Makes a great gift for your favorite sweet tooth!

This is the kind of cake grandmothers made when company dropped by unexpectedly—but elevated with New Deal Ginger Liqueur for a modern twist. Deeply spiced, moist, and airy, the Gingerbread Snack Cake carries notes of molasses, cinnamon, clove, and candied ginger. The browned butter base provides a nutty undertone, while the Ginger Liqueur and molasses create a deep, spicy heat that lingers. Whether you dust it with powdered sugar or top it with the tangy sour cream frosting studded with bits of candied ginger that glisten like jewels, the flavor profile is intensely warming and cozy. Its aroma alone will draw every person in the house toward the kitchen.

A retro classic reimagined! Rum Balls are a holiday classic for good reason—they’re easy, irresistibly rich, and require no baking. Soft, fudgy, and rolled in cocoa or powdered sugar, these little bites taste like a cross between truffles and cookies, with just enough boozy brightness to make them feel like a grown-up treat. The flavor is an unapologetic boozy punch of spiced rum, mellowed by vanilla and the nutty richness of the pecans. They are sweet, potent, and utterly addictive. New Deal Spiced Rum adds warmth, depth, and a molasses-kissed spice profile that sets your batch apart from every grandma’s-secret-recipe at the cookie swap.

If ever a dessert captured the spirit of winter holidays in a single bite, it’s the Peppermint Patty Pie. Velvety, cool, and intensely chocolate-mint, this pie features a chocolate cookie crust filled with a creamy, mint-infused center lifted by Mud Puddle Bitter Chocolate Vodka and Spiritopia Peppermint Liqueur. It features a dark, silky chocolate custard set inside a crisp crust, topped with billowing clouds of peppermint-infused whipped cream. The taste is exactly like your favorite mint chocolate candy, but deconstructed and elevated. The Mud Puddle Vodka adds a bitter cocoa depth that prevents the pie from being too sweet, while the peppermint cream offers a cool, refreshing finish for the perfect finale to a heavy holiday meal.