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I went to an office party and a coworker brought in a Peppermint Schnapps Chocolate Cake. This cake was awesome. It was a very moist chocolate cake with a hint of peppermint.  He used a Rum Cake recipe and replaced the Rum with Peppermint Schnapps. Replaced the Yellow Cake mix with Devils Food and replaced the vanilla pudding with devils food instant pudding. There you have it, your Peppermint Schnapps Chocolate Cake. Here’s the recipe and I will go ahead and substitute the right ingredients for the peppermint schnapps chocolate cake.

Feeds: 8
Prep Time: 60 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes

Cake Mix:
1 pkg. Devils Food cake mix.
1 pkg. Large, devils food instant pudding.
4 Whole Eggs.
1/2 Cup Water.
1/2 Cup Oil.
1/2 Cup Peppermint Schnapps.
1/2 Cup Chopped walnuts.

Glaze Mix:
1/2 Cup Melted butter.
1/4 Cup Water.
1 Cup White sugar.
1/2 Cup Peppermint Schnapps ( add after glaze is cooled ).

1. Create the cake mix in a 1 quart bowl.
2. Grease and flour a Bundt (or Angel Food) type cake pan.
3. Pour chopped walnuts across bottom of pan.
4. Pour cake mix into pan and bake at 325 for 1 hour.
5. When done baking, cool cake with the pan upside down.
6. Create the glaze mix in a 1 quart sauce pan. Mix all but the rum
   and boil for 5 minutes.
7. Remove glaze from heat, cool about10 minutes, and add the rum.
8. Remove cake from pan onto a plate.
9. Prick top and sides of cake gently with a 2 pronged cooking fork.
10. Tablespoon by tablespoon, drizzle glaze over top and sides of cake until gone.
11. Cool for 1 hour then serve.
12. Options:
    • Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla to cake mix.
    • Add 1/2 tsp almond to cake mix.
    • Replace rum with pure Kentucky bourbon
    • Before drizzling glaze, sprinkle rum over the cake to taste.
    • Mix walnuts into the cake mix.

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