This is a red velvet cake with a peppermint twist, and a delicious peppermint cream cheese frosting.
How To Make Santa's Favorite Cake
A wonderfully crafted cake that tastes just as good as it looks! This amazing combination of white sponge cake along with a red velvet layer that is not only delightful in it of itself, but with the smothering of flavorful cream cheese and peppermint frosting completes it all!
Prep:
15 mins
Cook:
30 mins
Total:
45 mins
Ingredients
For White Cake Layer:
- 1 pkg. white cake mix
- 3 egg whites
- 1 ⅓ cups buttermilk
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
For Red Cake Layer:
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp red food coloring
- 1 tsp cider vinegar
For Frosting:
- 1 pkg cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- 2 pkg confectioners' sugar
- 2 tsp peppermint extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
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In a large bowl, combine white cake mix, egg whites, buttermilk, and vegetable oil.
- Mix with an electric mixer for 2 minutes on high speed.
- In a separate bowl, combine yellow cake mix, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 egg, cocoa, red food coloring, and vinegar.
- Use an electric mixer to beat for 2 minutes on high speed.
- Spoon white batter alternately with red batter into the prepared cake pans.
- Swirl batter gently with a knife to create a marbled effect.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into the centers comes out clean.
- Let cool in pans for at least 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and margarine until smooth.
- Gradually blend in sugar until incorporated and smooth.
- Stir in peppermint extract.
- Spread peppermint cream cheese frosting between layers, and on top and sides of cake.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 3g
- :
- Calcium: 69mg
- Calories: 257kcal
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Cholesterol: 38mg
- Fat: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 111mg
- Protein: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Sodium: 296mg
- Vitamin A: 1010IU
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