Layered Peppermint Pound Cake

Name: Layered Peppermint Pound Cake
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 296 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 5 eggs; 237 milliliters evaporated milk; 710 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 651 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters crushed hard peppermint candies; 59 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters whipping (heavy) cream

For 54 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 494 calories, 6g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 16. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. If you have almond extract, powdered sugar, peppermint candies, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan.

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All Purpose Flour

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Cake Form

Oven

Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk on low speed.

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Granulated Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Milk

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

In chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Fold in peppermint candies.

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Peppermint Candy

Powdered Sugar

Whipping Cream

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Cut cake horizontally into 3 layers.

Spread 1 cup whipped cream mixture over 1 cake layer. Repeat with second layer. Top with remaining layer. Drop remaining whipped cream mixture in dollops on top of cake. Store in refrigerator.

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Whipped Cream