Heather's Creme De Menthe Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup peppermint candies, like powder or 1 cup candy cane, very finely crushed like powder
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup creme de menthe (liqueur) or 3/4 cup irish cream (liqueur)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup creme de menthe (liqueur) or 1/4 cup irish cream (liqueur)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325. grease and flour a 10" bundt pan.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix.
• 3 mix in eggs, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup oil and 3/4 cup creme de menthe or irish creme. beat for 5 minutes at high speed. pour batter in pan.
• 4 bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• 5 cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then invert onto the serving dish.
• 6 prick top and sides of cake.
• 7 spoon glaze over top and brush onto sides of cake.
• 8 allow to absorb glaze. repeat until all glaze is used up.
• 9 sprinkle fine peppermint dust on top of cake.
• 10 glaze:.
• 11 in a saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar. bring to a boil, and continue boiling for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 12 remove from heat, and stir in 1/4 cup creme de menthe or irish cream.