Christmas Eve Eggnog

Ingredients:

1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 or 2 drops yellow food color
ground nutmeg
Soft Custard

Directions:

Prepare Soft Custard. Just before serving, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla in chilled bowl until stiff. Stir 1 cup of the whipped cream and food color gently into custard. Pour eggnog into punch bowl. Drop remaining whipped cream in mounds onto eggnog and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately.

Soft Custard:
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/3 cup sugar
Dash of salt
2-1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla