Monday, November 7, 2011

Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Cake


Ingredients
1 (18.25 oz) package devils food cake mix
1 (5.9 oz) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies, divided
Whipped cream

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, a spoon full of peppermint, sour cream, oil, eggs, and water. Pour batter into 2 well-greased round pans.
Bake for 40 minutes and sprinkle chocolate chips to cover the top of one of the cake rounds. Return to oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pans, invert and remove from pans. Place the cake without chocolate chips on top of the cake with chocolate chips so that the chocolate layer is in the middle. Frost with whipped cream and sprinkle remaining peppermint candy.

4 comments:

Kristen Mackrory said...

Man, that looks delicious. It is on the Christmas menu for sure. Thanks Mel!

Cara and Mike said...

This looks heavenly!! :) I've made this cake with a chocolate glaze before... but candy canes and whip cream? GENIUS!

Kristen Mackrory said...

This is a part of our Christmas tradition every year now. I love this cake!!

Kay Hinton said...

I'm trying it this year with chopped peppermint bark on the top instead of the crushed peppermint.