Old-Time Peppermint Cake

Name: Old-Time Peppermint Cake
Ingredients: 23 cup butter or 23 cup margarine; 1 23 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 12 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour; 23 hershey's cocoa; 1 14 teaspoons baking soda; 14 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 12 cup crushed peppermint candy

10 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

23 cup butter or 23 cup margarine
1 23 cups sugar
3 eggs
12 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
23 hershey's cocoa
1 14 teaspoons baking soda
14 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
12 cup crushed peppermint candy

Directions

1

Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large mixer bowl.
2

Beat on high speed 3 minutes.
3

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; Blend just until combined; add candy.
4

Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch layer pans.
5

Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
6

Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.
7

Cool completely; frost.
8

VARIATION.
9

Chocolate Cupcakes; Omit peppermint.
10

Fill 30 paper-lined muffin cups (2 1/2 inches in diameter) 2/3 full with bater.
11

Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.
12

frost as desired.