Peppermint Layer Cake with M&M’S Trees
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Peppermint Layer Cake with M&M’S Trees
Instructions
Cook:1h
This classic buttery vanilla layer cake has a cool pop of peppermint, which acts as a delicious base for festive handmade M&M’S trees. To make them, ice cream cones are coated with chocolate frosting, then decoratively coated with M&M’S and a light dusting of confectioners' sugar, leaving you with the perfect holiday centerpiece and dessert.
Updated at: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:48:10 GMT
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Ingredients
38 servings
½ cupvegetable oil
plus more for the pans
2 ¾ cupscake flour
plus more for the pans
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
1 teaspoonsalt
¼ teaspoonbaking soda
1 stickunsalted butter
1 ⅔ cupsgranulated sugar
4eggs
large
2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
½ teaspoonpure peppermint extract
1 ½ cupsbuttermilk
4 sticksunsalted butter
at room temperature
½ teaspoonsalt
5 cupsconfectioners' sugar
plus more for dusting
¼ cupmilk
2 ouncessemisweet chocolate
finely chopped
1 tablespoonunsweetened cocoa powder
4ice cream sugar cones
Red M&M’S
for decorating
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