Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Layer Cake

Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Layer Cake.

You can cook Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Layer Cake using 20 ingredients and 30 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Layer Cake

1. Prepare of For Cake.
2. Prepare 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
3. You need 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
4. Prepare 11/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
5. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
6. Prepare 2 of large egg.
7. Prepare 1 cup of milk.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of canola oil.
9. Prepare 1 cup of brewed coffee, cooled to room temperature.
10. Prepare 1 bag of Milano Peppermint Slice Cookies (Pepperidge Farms Brand).
11. It's of For Whipped Chocolate Ganach Filling and Frosting.
12. Prepare 16 ounces of semi sweet chocolate, chopped.
13. You need 3 cups of cold heavy whipping cream.
14. Prepare 1 1/2 of tea vanilla extract.
15. It's of For White Chocolate Peppermint Glaze.
16. It's 8 ounces of white chocolate, chopped (not chips).
17. You need 3 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream.
18. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of pure peppermint extract.
19. It's of Garnish.
20. Prepare as needed of Andes Peppermint Chips,.

Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Layer Cake step by step

1. Make Cake.
2. Preheat the 9ven to 350. Spray 4- 8 inch cake pans with bakers spray..
3. In a nowl, whisk together flour, naking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
4. In another bowl whisk eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.
5. Slowly beat in flour until smooth, then slowly add coffe to make a thin batter.
6. Assemble Cake.
7. Pour into prepared pans and bake 12 to 15 minutes until a toothpick comes put just clean. Cool 8n pans 10 minutes than transfer to racks to cool completely.
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9. Make Peppermint Cookie Crunch.
10. Reserve 6 cookies and set aside for finished cake.
11. Crush remaining cookies in a food processor, reserve in a bowl.
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13. Make Whipped Chocolate Ganache Filling and Frosting.
14. Heat cream to just below a simmer and pour over chopped chocolt in a large bowl until smooth. Refrigerate until very cold, at least 2 hours or this can be done a day in advance.
15. Beat cold chocolate until light and fluffy.
16. Place one cake layer, bottom up on serving plate.
17. Spread with some chocolate ganache filling.
18. Sprinkle some crushed peppermint cookie crumbs on filling.
19. Add second cake layer, bottom up.
20. Add more filling and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
21. Add third cake layer, bottom up and again sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
22. Add last cake layer, bottom up and frost entire cake. Refrigerate about 1 hour before glazing.
23. Make Peppermint Glaze.
24. Melt white chocolate, cream and peppermint extract until smooth. Cool about 5 minutes.
25. Drizzle over cake.
26. Sprinkle Andies Peppermint Chips on while glaze iswet.
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28. Press reserved Coolies on side of cake. Refrigerate cake at least 2 hours before slicing but serve at room temperature.
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