Chocolate Candy Cane Cake

Name: Chocolate Candy Cane Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)
Ingredients: 1 pound (454 grams), unsalted butter (4 sticks), each stick cut into quarters and softened; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 4 cups (16 ounces/454 grams), confectioners' sugar; 8 ounces (227 grams), white chocolate, melted and cooled; 1¾ cups, finely ground peppermint candy, divided; 3 (8-inch), chocolate cake layers

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Holiday
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2008

The shimmering sparkle of the ground peppermint candy coating gives this chocolate layer cake the feel of a classic Christmas tree decoration.

SERVES 10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)

TIME 50 minutes

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