Candy Cane Christmas Cake

In small bowl pour about 3 4 cup batter.

Candy cane christmas cake.

In a large bowl beat cream with remaining 1 4 cup granulated sugar until soft peaks form. Heat oven to 350 f 325 f for dark or nonstick pan. These would make wonderful centrepieces on the christmas dinner table and bound to make every one of. Peppermint is a dominant christmastime flavour so this candy cane bundt cake has a lot of it and it s glazed too.

Frost top and sides with remaining frosting. From the cake and gently toss crushed candy at the sides. Carefully pour pink batter over white batter in pan. Sprinkle frosted cake with crushed candy canes.

Repeat two more times using domed layer on top. The dreamy marshmallow buttercream frosting is also flavored with peppermint and brings the cake together so perfectly. Make cake batter as directed on box. Decorate along the edge and a little down the sides with crushed starlight mints.

Stir in food color and peppermint extract. Pour about 2 cups batter into pan. 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. Place one trimmed layer on a cake stand or serving platter and top with 2 3 cup white vanilla frosting.

Method buttercream decorating. Though i have included some timesaving tips to help get it done faster. Like any layer cake this crushed candy cane cake takes a little tlc but the end result is so worth it. 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.

Generously grease and flour 12 cup fluted tube cake pan. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium high speed until pale and fluffy 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the sour cream 4 tablespoons butter sugar eggs salt and 2 cups flour. For buttercream beat butter until pale and creamy then add icing sugar a few tablespoons at a time.

Beat on medium high until smooth and light in colour. Frost cake with whipped cream using a spatula to form swirls and peaks. In a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. Lightly grease three 8 inch round cake pans and line with parchment.

Insert candy canes into the top of the cake. To get candy on the sides hold your hand about 1 in.