Peppermint Fudge Cake
Peppermint Fudge Cake is moist and dense and rich with pepperminty chocolate flavor. DEFINITELY one of my very favorite cake recipes.
I am flat-out annoyingly excited about the holidays this year.
I am usually begging the retailers to stop shoving things in my face before it's time but this year is different. I went to buy bowls at Big Lots (if you are not in-the-know Big Lots is the land of all the best decorations for all the holidays ever) and got lost looking at Christmas wreaths and cute little snowmen that live in the front yard.
Don't hate me just yet -- I am fully embracing the pretty fall leaves and still have a jack-o-lantern on my steps (who, I might mention, is looking a little worse-for-the-wear and we will probably have a pumpkin patch under our porch next year) -- but I'm kind of excited about what's to come.
Or maybe I'm just excited about shopping.
Another thing to be excited about: CAKE. This Peppermint Fudge Cake, to be exact.
To prove that I am not totally out of line with my forward holiday thinking, some local businesses in my area are putting together a cool little event here tomorrow promoting some early gift-shopping and good deals. My contribution? This cake.
Peppermint and chocolate always feel cold-weather-appropriate to me so I thought a rich sticky peppermint-scented fudgey cake was perfect. It's covered in a thick ganache frosting made with the same Coffee-mate Peppermint Mocha Creamer that I used in the cake and then topped with crushed red and white peppermint baking bits for a little color and some extra mint. Then I added the creamer to my normally black coffee. Score.
To say this was a popular treat would be to put it mildly because it pretty much got inhaled - by my boys, by my Chad, by his family at a get-together, by my Chad again. My only regret is that I didn't hide any cake behind the frozen peas (cake hoarding). 
A quick note: These flavors are only available through December so grab them while you can! I know there is a Dark Chocolate Fudge Creamer out there as well as Eggnogg Latte (I use the Eggnogg Latte in place of milk in muffin recipes. Out*of*this*World).
- For the Cake:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- ¾ cup dutch process dark unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup Coffee-mate Peppermint Mocha liquid coffee creamer
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot water
- For the Peppermint Fudge Ganache:
- 3 tablespoons Coffee-mate Peppermint Mocha liquid coffee creamer
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- For the Topping:
- ½ cup red and white peppermint baking chips
- Preheat the oven to 350 and butter a 10-inch bundt cake
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Make a small well in the center of the dry mixture and add the eggs, Coffee-mate creamer, and oil.
- Mix until combined.
- Gradually add the water stirring until incorporated, about 2 minutes.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until a pic inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before inverting onto a plate or cake stand to cool completely.
- When the cake is cooled make the peppermint fudge ganache. Heat the cream in a small saucepan. Remove it from the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until smooth and then spread it across the top of the cake, using a spoon to guide it over the sides.
- Top with the peppermint baking pieces.
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This cake looks incredible! The flavors of chocolate and peppermint put me in the holiday spirit. Pinning. 🙂
Thanks Marcie!!! So far this is my favorite bundt cake ever ever in the world. And that's saying something!
Hehe, I love your enthusiasm. 🙂 This cake looks amazing! Peppermint and chocolate is one of my favorite combos!
I swear I'm not usually this annoying about the holidays. But this year I'm really excited!
This is beautiful. Cindy just printed it for us.
Yay! Thanks!
Girlfriend, I'd be hoarding that cake too! Actually, I may not have even been able to share. This sounds incredible and looks insanely good!!! And I like fall and all, but I'm sort of anxious to get Christmas things up!
So glad I'm not alone! I was afraid half my readers would delete me. Actually they may have. But... I'm excited anyway. Bring on the baked goods! And shopping. Oh! lights too.
I´m in a mood for cake eating whether it´s holidays or not. And the recipe you provided us with is blessing. Besides the cake looks so delicious. Thanks a lot.
Thanks so much Adam!
I've never thought of using coffee creamer in cake, but I love the idea! And I'm obsessed with all the holiday flavors, so this cake is calling my name!!
Coffee creamer is like a miracle ingredient. I've always used it in muffins and ice creams but in cake it was stellar! Thanks Marie!!
I am very excited about the holiday season if cakes like this are on the menu 😀
Cheers
CCU
Right?! It's all about the cake.
I'm not quite ready for the craziness of the holiday season, but ready or not, here it comes. And yes, I can get excited about cake too! Especially this cake - it's gorgeous Heather!
Haha - I felt like such a loser looking at the Christmas decorations on November the 3rd! But there it is. I want cake and sparkly lights on my trees in the yard.
Thanks Ashley! 🙂