Old-Time Peppermint Cake

• 23 cup butter or 23 cup margarine
• 1 23 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 12 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 23 hershey's cocoa
• 1 14 teaspoons baking soda
• 14 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 cup crushed peppermint candy

1. Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large mixer bowl.
2. Beat on high speed 3 minutes.
3. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; Blend just until combined; add candy.
4. Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch layer pans.
5. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.
7. Cool completely; frost.
8. VARIATION.
9. Chocolate Cupcakes; Omit peppermint.
10. Fill 30 paper-lined muffin cups (2 1/2 inches in diameter) 2/3 full with bater.
11. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.
12. frost as desired.

butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, peppermint candy

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-time-peppermint-cake-389613 (may not work)