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Peppermint Swirl Fudge Nut Cake

Serves: 16

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Elsie Wigdahl - Ruthven, Iowa
Bake-Off® Contest 28, 1978
Here's a chocolate cake that's made with white cake mix! The reason: with the addition of crème de menthe syrup, half the batter becomes the green peppermint swirl. The result: A picture pretty cake that tastes as good as it looks.


   CAKE
   1 package (1-lb 2.25-oz) pudding-included white cake mix
   1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
   1/2 cup water
   1/4 cup oil
   3 eggs
   1/4 cup crème de menthe extract syrup
   1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
   4 ounces (4 squares) semisweet baking chocolate, melted
   3 tablespoons water
   1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
   
   GLAZE
   1 ounce (1 square) semisweet baking chocolate
   1 cup powdered sugar
   2 to 3 tablespoons water


Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan. In large bowl, combine cake mix, cream cheese, 1/2 cup water, oil and eggs at low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes at high speed. Place 1 1/2 cups batter in small bowl; stir in crème de menthe syrup and peppermint extract until well blended. Set aside. To remaining batter, add 4 oz. melted chocolate and 3 tablespoons water; blend well. Stir in walnuts. Spoon half of chocolate batter into greased and floured pan. Spoon peppermint batter randomly over chocolate batter; top with remaining chocolate batter. Pull knife through batter from top to bottom in a folding motion, turning pan while folding.

Bake at 350°F. for 40 to 50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly near center. Cool upright in pan 30 minutes; turn out onto serving plate. Cool completely.

In small saucepan, melt 1 oz. chocolate; stir in powdered sugar and enough water for desired drizzling consistency. Spoon glaze over cake, allowing some to run down sides. Store in refrigerator.

HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: Add 1/4 cup flour to dry cake mix. Bake as directed above.

Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 310; Protein 4g; Carbohydrate 43g; Fat 13g; Sodium 240mg

From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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