Easiest Way to Make Yummy Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze

Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze.

You can cook Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze using 18 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze

1. Prepare of PEPPERMINT CHIFFON CAKE.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of cake flour.
3. You need 1 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
4. You need 3 tbsp of baking powder.
5. It's 1/2 cup of canola oil.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
7. Prepare 7 of large eggs.
8. You need 1/2 cup of milk, I used 2%.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of cream of tartar.
10. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of pure peppermint extract.
11. It's of red food coloring.
12. Prepare of green food coloring.
13. Prepare of CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
14. You need 1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream.
15. Prepare 2/3 cup of semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips can be used.
16. Prepare of GARNISH.
17. You need of Holiday sprinkles.
18. Prepare of whipped cream for serving.

Peppermint Chiffon Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Glaze instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325. Have ready a 10 inch tube pan, ungreased.
2. Seperate the eggs , whites in 1 large bowl. Yolks in another bowl. Have them be at room temperature.
3. Whsk in a bowl the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until well blended.
4. Add the yolks, canola oil, milk and peppermint extract and beat until smooth about 1 minute.
5. With seperate clean and dry beaters beat egg whites and cream of tarter until firm peaks form.
6. Fold egg whites into yolk/flour mixture un 3 additions until uniform in color.
7. Seperate batter in 3 bowls. Add red food color to one bowl. Add green food color to another and keep the third plain.
8. Place a layer of plan bateer in tube pan then aternating spoonfuls of red and green batter.
9. Add remaining plain batter on top.
10. Pull a dull butter knife through batter to make a swirl pattern.
11. Bake cake 55 to 60 minutes just until done and it is golden and appears dry in top. Don't overcook or cake can become dry.
12. Invert cake and cool before removing from pan.
13. GLAZE CAKE.
14. Heat cream just to a simmer, pour over the semi sweet chocolate. Let it sit 1 minute then stir until smooth. Let the glaze stand at room temperature until it becomes slightly thickened,nabput 15 to 20 minutes. It should be just porarable. Ladle over top of cake allowing it to drip down sides of cake. Garnish with the sprinkles while the glaze is wet, so they stick. Let chocolate set. Serve with whipped cream.