Candy Cane Christmas Cake

Beat on medium high until smooth and light in colour.

Candy cane christmas cake.

Method buttercream decorating. Sprinkle frosted cake with crushed candy canes. To get candy on the sides hold your hand about 1 in. Make cake batter as directed on box.

Yep i m talking red velvet cake candy cane cheesecake and maybe even an elf jumper poke cake. Lightly grease three 8 inch round cake pans and line with parchment. In a large bowl beat cream with remaining 1 4 cup granulated sugar until soft peaks form. Initially i wasn t going to include this candy cane peppermint bundt cake into the 12 bundt cakes of christmas series but then i realized that i had included only one cake so far for the kids.

Carefully pour pink batter over white batter in pan. In small bowl pour about 3 4 cup batter. Peppermint is a dominant christmastime flavour so this candy cane bundt cake has a lot of it and it s glazed too. Pour about 2 cups batter into pan.

Generously grease and flour 12 cup fluted tube cake pan. These would make wonderful centrepieces on the christmas dinner table and bound to make every one of. The dreamy marshmallow buttercream frosting is also flavored with peppermint and brings the cake together so perfectly. Frost cake with whipped cream using a spatula to form swirls and peaks.

Heat oven to 350 f 325 f for dark or nonstick pan. This candy cane decorated cake is a gorgeous christmas layer cake that is guaranteed to get oooohs and ahhs at any holiday party or dinner. Like any layer cake this crushed candy cane cake takes a little tlc but the end result is so worth it. Decorate along the edge and a little down the sides with crushed starlight mints.

Frost top and sides with remaining frosting. For buttercream beat butter until pale and creamy then add icing sugar a few tablespoons at a time. Beat in the sour cream 4 tablespoons butter sugar eggs salt and 2 cups flour. Place one trimmed layer on a cake stand or serving platter and top with 2 3 cup white vanilla frosting.

Repeat two more times using domed layer on top. The cake batter is flavored with peppermint extract and then divided so that half remains white and the other half can be tinted red to create a cute candy cane look when layered. In a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. From the cake and gently toss crushed candy at the sides.

Whisk together flour baking powder baking soda and salt in a bowl. Stir in food color and peppermint extract.