*Candy Cane Lane*

Crazy Candy Cane Cake: Yellow bundt cake with red center layer, white candy drizzle and candy canes

This was just a cake (well, actually I made 5 of them) I whipped up for my former students and colleagues for Christmas 2007. Bundt pans make such great shapes, and now more than ever with the variety of whimsical shapes coming from NordicWare these days. But I went "old school" using the traditional shape...with a twist-a peppermint twist!

After watching my mom over the past 25+ years make her cinnamon swirl cake for Christmas morning, I thought, why not mix up a yellow cake by adding food coloring? So I separated 1 cup of the prepared batter, added red food coloring, alternated layers in the pan, brushed the finished cake with a little peppermint extract and shoved about 3 dozen candy canes in the hole in the middle of the cake! Ta-Da...it's Crazy Candy Cane Cake!