Reduced Sugar Chocolate Bundt Cake With Peppermint Glaze Food

PEPPERMINT TEA CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Steep tea bags in the water for 5 minutes. Squeeze tea bags over the saucepan and discard. Bring tea to a boil.
• Combine butter and chocolate in a large mixing bowl. Pour in the hot tea; whisk until melted. Beat in sugar and egg yolks using an electric mixer.
• Mix sour cream and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Add to the batter, mixing well. Mix in flour and baking powder.
• Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a plate. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Make glaze while the cake is cooling. Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in half-and-half until blended. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and peppermint extract. Drizzle over cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE WITH PEPPERMINT GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C).
• Grease and flour a Bundt pan- mix the cocoa with the flour so it doesn't leave a white coating on the cake.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, water, sour cream, and vanilla.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour- but check it after 55 minutes just in case.
• Allow to cool.
• In a medium bowl, mix powdered sugar with peppermint extract (to taste- adjust as necessary), then mix a few drops of hot water.
• Stir stir stir.
• If it's too thick, add another couple drops of water.
• Drizzle over turned out cake.
• Sprinkle with crushed candy canes, if you got`em.

REDUCED-SUGAR CHOCOLATE BUNDT® CAKE WITH PEPPERMINT GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally butter a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®). Place some sugar inside the pan and rotate to coat evenly. Shake out excess.
• In a large bowl, whisk to combine sugar, stevia, flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add coffee, sour cream, oil, eggs, and vanilla; whisk to combine.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs attached, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack, removing cake pan. Let cake cool completely.
• In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil. Take off heat, add white chocolate, cover, and let sit 5 minutes. Stir until smooth, then stir in peppermint extract. Let cool for 15 minutes.
• Pour glaze over cake, letting it drip down the sides.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• heavily grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
• set aside.
• combine 1st seven ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• beat at low speed till just combined.
• beat at high speed for 2 minutes.
• pour batter into prepared bundt pan.
• bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or till toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• remove from pan and cool entirely on wire rack.
• place on a serving platter when cool.
• stir together powdered sugar and enough milk to make a dribbling glaze consistency.
• drizzle glaze over cake and sprinkle with peppermint candies.