cake baking class

On Sunday, my good friend Roz had a few of us over to learn to make her "famous" peppermint cake. I always tease that just hearing about this cake is what made me want to work where I do. It is true- I heard about the cake long before I had this job. Here is a picture of the cake being featured on the front of the 1998 Southern Living Annual Recipes book.

The recipe was fairly simple. It called for 2 cake mixes- a white and a yellow, a million drops of red food coloring, buttermilk, eggs and a few other ingredients. You swirl the two mixes together and voila- a gorgeouse cake! The frosting was made of confectioner's sugar, butter, cream cheese and peppermint extract. I wanted to eat the entire bowl of frosting! Here is my nicely frosted cake waiting to be sprinkled with crushed peppermint. I sent it to my husband's work since the last thing I need is a whole yummy cake in the house.