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White Chocolate Peppermint Cake

This white chocolate peppermint cake is three layers of delicious festive colored cake loaded with frosting and decorated with snowflakes.
Course Cakes
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 1494kcal

Equipment

  • Measuring Cups and Spoons
  • Stand or hand mixer
  • mixing bowls
  • Cake pans
  • Piping bag with star tip
  • Cake plate or platter
  • Snowflake mold

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

  • 1 cup Butter softened
  • 1 ½ cups Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 2 ¼ cups Flour
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • Aqua Food Coloring Gel Red Food Coloring Gel

FROSTING:

  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 Stick of Butter softened
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • ¼ cup Heavy Cream
  • 32 ounces Powdered Sugar

TO DECORATE:

  • 2 cups White Chocolate Almond Bark melted
  • Aqua Food Coloring Gel
  • 15 ounces Oreo Cookies
  • 16 ounces mini Candy Canes
  • Crushed Candy Canes

Instructions

For the Cake

  • In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, place the Butter, Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla, and Milk, and blend until creamy.
  • In a separate bowl, add the Flour, Baking Powder, and salt, and stir well to mix.
  • Add them to the mixing bowl, and mix on low speed until blended.
  • Scrape down the bowl, and mix on high until smooth and creamy.
  • Divide the Cake Batter evenly into three bowls, and add several drops of the Aqua Food Coloring Gel to one bowl, and several drops of Red Food Coloring Gel to the other bow, and leave the third bowl plain - for the middle/White layer. Grease and flour three 6 inch Cake Pans, and pour the Cake Batter into the pans.
  • Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove Cakes to a wire rack to cool completely.

WHILE THE CAKES ARE BAKING:

  • Melt the White Chocolate in the Microwave, and stir until smooth.
  • It takes about 6 squares of the White Chocolate Almond Bark for 2 cups of melted White Chocolate.
  • When the Chocolate is melted, drop about 2 or 3 drops of Aqua Food Coloring Gel into the melted Chocolate, and stir well to blend.
  • Place the Aqua colored Chocolate in the Snowflake Mold, about 1/8 of an inch deep (You're not filing the Molds, just a thin layer on the bottom).
  • Let the Chocolate set in the molds for about 15 minutes to harden - I used two molds, and made three sets, using 6 of the Aqua Snowflakes around the outside of the Cake.

Make the Frosting:

  • Place the softened Butter, and Cream Cheese in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, and mix with the whisk attachment until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the Vanilla, and Heavy Cream, and mix on low until blended.
  • Add the Powdered Sugar about a cup at a time, blending between additions, and scraping down the mixing bowl as needed, until all the Powdered Sugar has been added, and the Frosting is thick and creamy. (The Frosting should be able to be held upside down on a spoon, and not fall).
  • If the Frosting needs to be a little thicker, add another cup of Powdered Sugar
  • When Cake is completely cool, remove the cakes from the pans, and place a teaspoon size dollop of the Frosting on the Cake Plate, or Cake Stand you are going to serve this Cake on.
  • Place the Aqua layer on the dollop of Frosting (this will help to keep the cake from sliding, or moving).
  • Frost generously on top of the Aqua layer (see photo) and gently place the White/Middle layer on top of the Frosting. Frost the sides, and top of both Layers, until you have a good smooth coat of the Frosting on the Cake.
  • Place the Red layer on top of the White frosted layer, and Frost the Red layer, top and sides, and place the Aqua Snowflakes around the outside bottom of the Cake.
  • Place the Cake in the refrigerator for about 2 hours to allow the Frosting to set. Cover the Frosting, and leave on the counter - DO NOT REFRIGERATE THE FROSTING - it will be too hard to pipe - leave it at room temperature until time to finish the cake.
  • After the two hours, place the remaining Frosting in a pastry bag with a Medium size Star Tip, and remove the Cake from the refrigerator.
  • Pipe the Frosting around the edges of the top of the Cake, in big dollops, swirling them up to a point.
  • Place an Oreo Cookie in between the dollops, standing them up all around the top of the Cake - see photo.
  • Place Candy Canes on each dollop of Frosting.
  • Crush the remaining Candy Canes, and sprinkle the crushed Candy Canes on top of the Cake to finish the top.
  • Place the Cake back in the refrigerator until time to serve.
  • When ready to serve, cut in two inch pieces, place more crushed Candy Canes, on dessert plates if desired. Serve, and Enjoy!

Notes

It's a good idea to make this Cake the day before you need to serve it. That way it is chilled, and set, and completely decorated, and waiting for you when you need it!

Nutrition

Serving: 1Slice | Calories: 1494kcal | Carbohydrates: 263g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 650mg | Potassium: 324mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 217g | Vitamin A: 682IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 9mg