I’ve been on a peppermint roll lately! Recipes with peppermint have been sounding really good to me this holiday season. I started out making Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes, then Easy Peppermint Bark, and now Peppermint Pound Cake! This recipe did not come from a cookbook or from the internet…it came from a Christmas kitchen towel a friend had given me. I added a glaze and crushed candy canes as a finishing touch. The rich, dense pound cake has a light, subtle peppermint flavor which is nicely enhanced by the Creamy Peppermint Glaze. If you like peppermint, you’ll enjoy this, and even if you are not a big peppermint fan, I think you’ll still like this because the peppermint flavor is definitely on the lighter side. Hope you get a chance to try this out!
PEPPERMINT POUND CAKE
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 sticks butter (1 1/2 cups), softened
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1-2 teaspoons peppermint extract (just use one teaspoon for a light peppermint flavor, or 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons for a stronger peppermint flavor)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt or tube pan (I used a 12-cup bundt pan, but I think it would work fine in a 10-cup pan, too–the baking time would be slightly longer).
In large bowl, blend sugar and softened butter. Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each addition. Alternate adding flour and milk to mixture, blending well. Add peppermint and vanilla extracts, and stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 70-80 minutes (for a 12-cup pan, baking time will be about 70-75 minutes; for a 10-cup pan, it will be more like 80 minutes). Let cake cool in pan for 10-15 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely. While cake is cooling, you can make the glaze…
CREAMY PEPPERMINT GLAZE
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup marshmallow creme (half of a 7-oz. container)
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 5 Tablespoons milk or half and half
- 3 crushed candy canes, for garnish
Blend softened butter and marshmallow creme together until smooth, then add peppermint extract and mix well. Add in powdered sugar a cup at a time, blending well after each addition. Add milk or half and half and blend well.
Shortly before you are ready to serve the cake, spoon the glaze over the top, letting it run down the sides (you’ll have some glaze left over). Then sprinkle top of cake with crushed candy canes, and serve. (Note: this glaze is a little gooey because of the marshmallow creme, so you may need to wipe your knife occasionally as you’re slicing the cake).
Now if you’d like to glaze your cake well ahead of time and don’t want a gooey glaze (although it is really yummy), you can always make this powdered sugar glaze with peppermint extract…
PEPPERMINT GLAZE
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 4 Tablespoons milk or half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 crushed candy canes, for garnish
Mix first three ingredients together, blending well. Drizzle over cooled pound cake. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes, and let glaze set.
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Oh. My. Gosh!!!!! This looks absolutely divine. I have a recipe for a peppermint angel food cake that I’m going to share, but I would rather eat this pound cake for sure!
You have the best recipes!!!
Aimee
Thanks, Aimee!
Hope you get a chance to try it out!
I totally want to try this one. I am making different goodies for gifts this year and this one that I really would like to try to make.
Everyone that taste-tested it for me really liked it, so I think you will, too!
This does look and sound delicious… although in my house we’d have to switch the glaze for a chocolate ganache!
The chocolate ganache sounds like a great idea!
well….that looks AMAZING
WOW! This looks heavenly!!!
I am making this this Christmas! Thanks so much for sharing- it looks like perfection!
I just don’t know if I like the recipe or the place you found it better! I will have to make this, and soon. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds absolutely scrumptious! Lots of peppermint recipes are popping up all over! We love peppermint!
Have a Merry CHRISTmas!
Sherry
Thanks, Sherry, and Merry CHRISTmas to you, too!
I don’t even know the words to describe this. So yummy. I featured it today on my blog — todaystoptwenty.blogspot.com
Amanda
Thank you, Amanda–I enjoyed visiting your blog and seeing all the fun ideas you had posted!
Pound cake is one of my favourites and I love the idea of flavouring it with peppermint. The icing and decorations look gorgeous!
Thanks, April!
That looks amazing! I’ve been on a peppermint kick, too. Yum!
Oh Yum! Looks really low calorie, too…lol. What a great share for Rednesday. Your photos are beautiful.
Thank-you! I wish it WAS low-calorie!
This looks so yummy and if it’s even half as good as the cupcakes, it’ll be divine! I made candy cane syrup from a recipe from Storybook Woods that you might like too!
Merry Christmas!
I checked out your post–candy cane syrup is a great idea! Merry Christmas to you, too!
I love that bark peppermint, so I know I would love these goodies. Wish I had some now.
I’m a peppermint fan! This just may be what I make for our Christmas Eve dessert. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Happy Christmas! ~ Sarah
Oh, does this sound and look amazing
Merry CHRISTmas!
Gail
Merry CHRISTmas to you, too, Gail!
This looks like another winner! I’m pretty disappointed that I won’t get a chance to make the Peppermint Bark, but I’ve got it saved, and it will make a perfect New Year’s Eve treat!
Merry Christmas and Happy REDnesday!
Carol
Yes, the bark will be a nice treat for your New Year’s Eve! Merry Christmas!
That looks AMAZING! Yum!
this looks amazing! we’re hosing a christmas cookie link party – we’d love for you to link up! http://threesisterz.blogspot.com/2010/12/cookie-link-up-party.html
merry christmas!
I linked up a few recipes!
THank you Nancy!!! The pound cake looks amazing!!
Merry Christmas !!
Merry Christmas to you, too, Jorgelina!