Chocolate Peppermint Cake...

Christmas is quickly coming upon us...Crazy how quick it comes....It is time to get out the decorations and start caroling and baking. I come from a group of folks who wait for the holiday Dreyers Peppermint ice cream to arrive and then have it almost every night with hot fudge on top...yep it is in my freezer right now...this cake is very reminiscent of the ice cream....You can make all of this home made, making your cake from scratch, of course, using the same procedure....but why? Your family is sure to love this recipe!

you just need 2 cake mixes...one chocolate and one white.......one container of Andes  peppermint crunch candies and food coloring....prepare the cakes as directed on package...take I cup out of the white and put in a small bowl, chop 1 cup of Andes candies, chop them about the size of chocolate chips. 

put the candies in the large bowl of white and stir. Add a couple squirts of the food coloring in the small bowl, and stir...now ready to assemble...

Set out both prepared cake pans. In the first pan scoop 2 cups of chocolate batter into the pan, spread out with spatula. Next scoop 1 ½ cups white batter with peppermint chips into the center of the chocolate batter. Spread out to form a circle. Lastly scoop 1 cup of the remaining pink into the center of the pink batter. repeat with the second pan....

bake according to directions on the back of the box....and then cool....

Place one cake layer on cake plate. Take one cup of frosting and spread it out evenly onto the layer. Place the second layer on top of the frosted layer. Use remainder of frosting to frost top and sides of cake. Decorate top of cake with crushed candy canes. 

This is almost sinful how easy this frosting is to make! Cream 2 cubes of butter together (I cup) with 2, 7 ounce containers of Marshmallow cream with an electric mixer and then add 2 cups of powdered sugar....if the frosting is to stiff add a couple of tablespoons of milk or cream.....It is the best, fluffiest, tastiest frosting!

it is not overly sweet or overly pepper-minty...

This is such a special and easy cake to make! It would be great as cup cakes also...Enjoy!!!

Cheers to Happy !!