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Peppermint Candyland Cake

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Decorating Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Bundt pan

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 box super moist white cake mix
  • 1 regular size box white chocolate instant pudding
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup or 1 stick butter, melted
  • 4 eggs room temperature
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp Peppermint extract
  • Red food coloring
  • Peppermint candies Christmas candies, peppermint bark chopped

White Chocolate Ganache

  • 8 oz white chocolate
  • 6 oz heavy cream

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Combine the cake mix, sour cream, pudding, butter, eggs and buttermilk in a large mixing bowl. Beat 2 minutes or until batter is smooth. Divide batter into 2 bowls. Add vanilla to one bowl and peppermint extract and red food coloring to the other. Mix well.
  • Grease and flour bundt pan. Add white batter, then top with of red batter. Swirl batters together with the tip of a sharp knife.
  • Bake at 350 until just done, check at 35 minutes. Cool. Turn cake out onto a cake plate.

White Chocolate Ganache

  • Heat cream until hot but not boiling. Pour over chocolate in a measuring cup. Stir to melt chocolate. Poke cake all over with a long skewer. Pour ganache slowly over cake.
Keyword bundt cake, candy topped cake, Christmas cake, holiday dessert, Peppermint cake, white chocolate ganache