Wicked Cake – Peppermint Bundt Recipe

Wicked fans are going to love this wickedly delicious dessert! My friend amazing baker; Gidget is here to share about her Wicked Peppermint Bundt Cake. Best of all, she is sharing her recipe here. If you are looking for an extra special Wicked Cake recipe, look no further. Adding a twist with peppermint and vanilla essential oils, this cake is sure to delight your sweet tooth. With pink and green decorations, it is the perfect cake for fans of both Glinda and Elphaba.

I jumped at the chance to share this Wicked Cake, because even though Gidget is a fancy chef, I am not! This cake is pretty enough for a Wicked themed birthday party, but not too difficult for a novice like me. We plan on sharing more Wicked Birthday party ideas. Gather your pink and green ingredients, but don’t forget to print out our free Wicked Movie Coloring Pages and Wicked Movie Activity Sheets first! I am sure there will be lots of Wicked birthday parties, and this is such a wickedly adorable green and pink cake!

With no further delay, here is Chef Gidget in her own words.

Wicked Cake Recipe

I have been a culinary educator, and professional chef for over 25 years. When I was asked to share a recipe that contains peppermint, I knew I had to go with my famous Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake with Vanilla Mint Glaze. I sell dozens of these cakes every Christmas, and always get asked why the peppermint and vanilla flavor in my cakes are so forward flavored, yet not sharp. My secret is I replace the alcohol based extracts with food grade essential oils. For every teaspoon of extract, I use 5 drops of Young Living all natural Vanilla, or Peppermint Essential Oil.

If you happen to have both the oils, and extracts on hand, do a scent test, and you’ll see the difference right away. Smell the essential oil, then the extract, and you’ll see how much more full the scent is coming from the 100% plant based oil. You can actually smell the alcohol in the extract. I choose to use Young Living Essential Oils because I have actually visited two of the farms, and saw for myself that the company controls 100% of the process from seed to seal. Young Living gives farm, and distillation tours to the public all the time, and I highly recommend going on one if you have the opportunity.

I hope you enjoy my Wicked Cake, my Wicked Good Chocolate Peppermint Cake. Who knows? It might make you more popular!

*A note about cooking with essential oils. Not all essential oil brands are food grade safe. Please check the labels, and if the information is not on the bottle, contact the company and ask. Most off the shelf oils are not consumable. If you are interested in trying the YL brand Gidget recommends, she is sharing her code SHAREYL for 10% off eligible purchases. Linked below!

Wicked Cake – Watch me decorate!

Written directions and more photos of this whimsical cake are below the video!

I hope you enjoy my Wicked Cake, my Wicked Good Chocolate Peppermint Cake. Who knows? It might make you more popular!

*A note about cooking with essential oils. Not all essential oil brands are food grade safe. Please check the labels, and if the information is not on the bottle, contact the company and ask. Most off the shelf oils are not consumable.

Wicked Cake Recipe – Wicked Good Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake with Vanilla Mint Glaze

By Chef Gidget Arabe

Wicked Cake Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• ¾ cups unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 shot of espresso plus enough hot water to equal one full cup of liquid
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 5 drops Young Living Peppermint Oil
• 5 drops of Young Living Vanilla Essential Oil

Wicked Cake Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.  I use unsalted butter to grease the pan, and a mixture of 1 Tbsp cocoa powder and 1 Tbsp a/p flour to dust it over the grease. I find flour alone leaves a white coating on the cake which isn’t as pretty.

Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl and set aside. Add all the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; beat on medium speed with an electric mixer.  Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake in a preheated oven 50-55 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a wire rack and remove the pan.  Cool completely before glazing.

Vanilla Peppermint Bundt Cake Glaze Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1-½ cups powdered sugar
• 3 Tbsp water
• 5 drops of Young Living Vanilla Essential Oil
• 5 drops of Young Living Peppermint Oil
• Green food coloring

Wicked Cake Glaze Directions

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat.  Stir in ¼ cup of the powdered sugar and water and continue to cook over low heat, whisking constantly until the sugar is dissolved. DO NOT BOIL. Remove from heat.  Stir in Vanilla and Peppermint Essential Oils. Gradually whisk in the remaining powdered sugar, and whisk until smooth.  If the mixture is too thick, add one half teaspoon of water at a time until desired thickness is achieved.  Add a few drops of the food coloring, whisk well, then promptly scrape the glaze into a piping bag.

Wait to make the glaze until the cake has cooled completely, as you want to use it right away.  To glaze the cake snip off a small piece of the piping bag tip, leaving a hole that is small, but wide enough to pipe ribbons of glaze back and forth along the top of the bundt cake.  I let the glaze flow 1 inch down the outside and center as well.  I glaze about ⅕ of the cake, then quickly add the sprinkles on top, as the glaze starts to harden very quick.  Keep repeating this pattern, glaze ⅕ of the cake, then top with pink sprinkles over, and over until the entire top of the cake is covered.  Let the glaze fully cure before serving.  I like to wrap the bottom of my cake with a 1 ½ inch wide black sparkly ribbon, and secure it with a corsage pin to give it a little extra flare.  Of course remove the pin & ribbon before serving.

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