Candy Cane Cake

Name: Candy Cane Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 2u00bc cups cake flour; 2 u00bd tsp double acting baking powder; u00bd tsp salt; 1u00bc cups sugar; u00bd cup butter; 1 cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla; 4 egg whites; u00bd tsp red food color; u00bd tsp peppermint extract; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 Tbs milk or water; u00bd tsp vanilla; candy canes

By Leslie Blythe Cake, Dessert Baking

July 26, 2015

This Candy Cane Bundt Cake is perfect for the holidays.

Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 1 hrs

Ingredients

2¼ cups cake flour

2 ½ tsp double acting baking powder

½ tsp salt

1¼ cups sugar

½ cup butter

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

4 egg whites

½ tsp red food color

½ tsp peppermint extract

White Icing

1 cup powdered sugar

1 Tbs milk or water

½ tsp vanilla

candy canes

Directions

1Grease bundt with old using a pastry brush and them dust it with flour.

2Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, set aside.

3Cream the sugar and butter until fluffy.

4Combine the milk and vanilla separately.

5Add the sifted ingredients to the butter mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the liquid combination. Stir the batter until smooth after each addition.

6Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry.

7Fold them lightly into the batter. Pour about 2 cups batter into pan. In small bowl, pour about ¾ cup batter; stir in food color and peppermint extract. Carefully pour pink batter over white batter in pan. Carefully pour remaining white batter over pink batter.

8Bake in a 350° oven for 1 hour or until done.

9Put cake on a rack to cool for 15 minutes, then carefully remove top of mold.

White Icing

1Mix until smooth. Add crushed candy canes or crushed hard peppermint candies for the top.

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