Jazz up a boxed cake mix to make this peppermint swirl Candy Cane cake recipe with glaze and peppermint chips.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bundt cake, cake with candy canes, christmas cake
Prep Time 20minutes
Cook Time 45minutes
Total Time 1hour5minutes
Servings 12
Calories 351kcal
Ingredients
For the Cake:
15.25ounceswhite cake mix
3.4ouncesinstant white chocolate pudding dry mix
2cupssour cream
3large eggs
1/3cupcanola oil
1/2cupwater
red food coloring
1/2teaspoonpeppermint extract
For the Glaze:
1cuppowdered sugar
1tablespoonmilk
1/2teaspoonpeppermint extract
peppermint crunch baking chipsoptional
Instructions
Make the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Using shortening, grease a 10" bundt cake pan generously, then dust with flour. This will help the cake to come out cleanly, so use both shortening and flour.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, dry pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil and water. Use a hand mixer to beat well.
Remove 1 cup white batter and place it in a small bowl. Add a few drops of red food coloring and peppermint extract to the small bowl of batter. Mix well.
Pour half of white cake batter into the prepared pan. Carefully pour pinkish red batter over the white batter in the pan.
Top with the remaining white batter.
Gently tap the pan a few times on the countertop to release any air bubbles.
Bake for 43-50 minutes or until the top of the cake bounces back when you touch it.
Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a place to cool completely.
For the Glaze:
Combine the powdered sugar, milk and peppermint extract in a small bowl. Add enough milk so that the glaze will be a thick drizzle.
Drizzle the glaze over the top of the cake. Immediately sprinkle with crushed candy canes or peppermint crunch baking chips.
Store the cake in an airtight container. This cake freezes really well!
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Notes
The calories shown are based on the cake being cut into 12 pieces, with 1 serving being 1 slice of cake. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate.