Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze

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This is a basic deliciously light hiffon cake, with Christmas Colors and a peppermint flavor. Its an easy cake to make but it's important not to overcook it. It should be cooked just until done for a moist, delicate cake. Overcooking it will dry it's moist tender texture.

Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze

This is a basic deliciously light hiffon cake, with Christmas Colors and a peppermint flavor. Its an easy cake to make but it's important not to overcook it. It should be cooked just until done for a moist, delicate cake. Overcooking it will dry it's moist tender texture.

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Ingredients

25 mins
12 servings
  1. PEPPERMINT CHIFFON CAKE
  2. 2 1/2 cupcake flour
  3. 1 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  4. 3 tbspbaking powder
  5. 1/2 cupcanola oil
  6. 1/2 tspsalt
  7. 7large eggs
  8. 1/2 cupmilk, I used 2%
  9. 1/2 tspcream of tartar
  10. 1 1/2 tsppure peppermint extract
  11. red food coloring
  12. green food coloring
  13. CHOCOLATE GLAZE
  14. 1/3 cupheavy whipping cream
  15. 2/3 cupsemi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used
  16. GARNISH
  17. Holiday sprinkles
  18. whipped cream for serving

Cooking Instructions

25 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 325. Have ready a 10 inch tube pan, ungreased

  2. 2

    Seperate the eggs , whites in 1 large bowl. Yolks in another bowl. Have them be at room temperature

  3. 3

    Whsk in a bowl the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until well blended

  4. 4

    Add the yolks, canola oil, milk and peppermint extract and beat until smooth about 1 minute

  5. 5

    With seperate clean and dry beaters beat egg whites and cream of tarter until firm peaks form

  6. 6

    Fold egg whites into yolk/flour mixture un 3 additions until uniform in color

  7. 7

    Seperate batter in 3 bowls. Add red food color to one bowl. Add green food color to another and keep the third plain

  8. 8

    Place a layer of plan bateer in tube pan then aternating spoonfuls of red and green batter

  9. 9

    Add remaining plain batter on top

  10. 10

    Pull a dull butter knife through batter to make a swirl pattern

  11. 11

    Bake cake 55 to 60 minutes just until done and it is golden and appears dry in top. Don't overcook or cake can become dry

  12. 12

    Invert cake and cool before removing from pan

  13. 13

    GLAZE CAKE

  14. 14

    Heat cream just to a simmer, pour over the semi sweet chocolate. Let it sit 1 minute then stir until smooth. Let the glaze stand at room temperature until it becomes slightly thickened,nabput 15 to 20 minutes. It should be just porarable. Ladle over top of cake allowing it to drip down sides of cake. Garnish with the sprinkles while the glaze is wet, so they stick. Let chocolate set. Serve with whipped cream

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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tom
tom @cook_3909266
Cant find the attachments in 12 14 or 15

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