Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze
- 2 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 7 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk, I used 2%
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure peppermint extract
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cup semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used
- Preheat the oven to 325.
- Have ready a 10 inch tube pan, ungreased
- Seperate the eggs , whites in 1 large bowl.
- Yolks in another bowl.
- Have them be at room temperature
- Whsk in a bowl the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until well blended
- Add the yolks, canola oil, milk and peppermint extract and beat until smooth about 1 minute
- With seperate clean and dry beaters beat egg whites and cream of tarter until firm peaks form
- Fold egg whites into yolk/flour mixture un 3 additions until uniform in color
- Seperate batter in 3 bowls.
- Add red food color to one bowl.
- Add green food color to another and keep the third plain
- Place a layer of plan bateer in tube pan then aternating spoonfuls of red and green batter
- Add remaining plain batter on top
- Pull a dull butter knife through batter to make a swirl pattern
- 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
- Invert cake and cool before removing from pan
- GLAZE CAKE
- 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
cake flour, sugar, baking powder, canola oil, salt, eggs, milk, cream of tartar, peppermint, heavy whipping cream, semi sweet chocolate
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/340072-peppermint-chiffon-cake-with-a-chocolate-ganache-glaze (may not work)