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.
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.
Steps
- 1
Preheat the oven to 325. Have ready a 10 inch tube pan, ungreased
- 2
Seperate the eggs , whites in 1 large bowl. Yolks in another bowl. Have them be at room temperature
- 3
Whsk in a bowl the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until well blended
- 4
Add the yolks, canola oil, milk and peppermint extract and beat until smooth about 1 minute
- 5
With seperate clean and dry beaters beat egg whites and cream of tarter until firm peaks form
- 6
Fold egg whites into yolk/flour mixture un 3 additions until uniform in color
- 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
Place a layer of plan bateer in tube pan then aternating spoonfuls of red and green batter
- 9
Add remaining plain batter on top
- 10
Pull a dull butter knife through batter to make a swirl pattern
- 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
Invert cake and cool before removing from pan
- 13
GLAZE CAKE
- 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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