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Peppermint Bark Layer Cake Recipe

Kristan Roland
Peppermint Bark Layer Cake is the show stopper dessert of the holidays. Get your forks ready!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Cuisine Frosting
Servings 15
Calories 703 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 cup Dutch Processed Cocoa Also called Special Dark
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 large Egg
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Peppermint Extract
  • 1 cup Boiling Water
  • 2 sticks Salted Butter Slightly softened
  • 3/4 cup White Chocolate Chips Melted
  • 3 tablespoons Heavy Cream
  • 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 5-6 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2/3 cup Crushed Candy Cane Pieces FINELY CRUSHED
  • 1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
  • 2 tablespoons Light Corn Syrup Or honey

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 8-inch round cake pans and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched in the center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
  • In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter, melted chocolate, heavy cream and vanilla until smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar, scraping the sides of the bowl and beating on low until just combined., starting with 5 cups of powdered sugar and adding more if frosting is too thin.
  • Add crushed candy, increase mixer speed to high, and beat for one minute.
  • Assemble and frost cooled cake. Place uncovered in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
  • In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and heavy cream, stopping to stir every 20 seconds until smooth.
  • Let cool, then stir in honey or corn syrup.
  • Pour over the center of the cake, spreading gently to the edges and letting it drip down the sides.

Nutrition

Calories: 703kcalCarbohydrates: 104gProtein: 4gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 16gSodium: 309mgFiber: 2gSugar: 89g
Keyword Baked, Baking, Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Desserts, Frosting, Holidays, Mint, Party Food
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