Candy Cane Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) box betty crocker supermoist cake mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk or 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, if desired
• crushed candy canes or crushed hard peppermint candy, if desired

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf. generously grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube (bundt cake) pan.
• 2 in large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 3 pour about 2 cups batter into pan. pour about 3/4 cup batter into small bowl; stir in food color and peppermint extract. carefully pour pink batter over batter in pan. carefully pour remaining batter over pink batter.
• 4 bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. cool 10 minutes. turn pan upside down onto wire rack or heatproof serving plate; remove pan. cool cake completely, about 1 hour.
• 5 in small bowl, mix all icing ingredients. stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until smooth and spreadable. spread icing over cake. sprinkle top with crushed candy.