Peppermint Pound Cake

Name: Peppermint Pound Cake
Ingredients: 3 sticks butter; 2/3 c. sugar; 6 eggs; 3 c. all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1 c. milk; 1 tsp. vanilla; 6 small sticks peppermint candy, crushed into powder

8 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

3 sticks butter
2/3 c. sugar
6 eggs
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
6 small sticks peppermint candy, crushed into powder

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar.
2

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
3

Add flour and baking powder alternately with milk; beat well after each addition.
4

Add vanilla; beat.
5

Pour 1/3 of batter and crushed candy in separate bowl; stir well.
6

Pour 1/2 of remaining batter into well-greased and floured tube pan.
7

Add peppermint batter, then add remaining batter on top of peppermint batter.
8

Bake at 300° for 1 1/2 hours, or as your oven cooks. Turn out onto wire rack to cool.
9

A chocolate frosting on cake goes great with taste of peppermint.