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This Chocolate Candy Cane Cake is a rich chocolate cake, filled with a minty candy cane frosting and covered with chocolate curls. It makes a fabulous Christmas cake!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you ask me, candy canes should ONLY be used for baking projects. They’re so boring to eat on their own, but so fabulous when used to give a minty texture and crunchy flavor to desserts!  I used candy canes in the minty frosting filling AND as easy decorations on the outside of this fun and festive Chocolate Candy Cane Cake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, if you love peppermint <\/a>you’ll love my Candy Cane Hearts<\/a>. They’d make an adorable embellishment for this or any other holiday cake like my Peppermint Mocha Mousse Cake<\/a> and Candy Cane Cheesecake<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This cake combines two of my favorite things: chocolate and more chocolate–wait, make that chocolate and mint. It starts with a rich chocolate cake, layered with a light and fluffy peppermint buttercream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the candy cane component, I actually used candy cane bits<\/a> as opposed to crushing up whole candy canes. I love this shortcut, because crushing up candy canes is a huge pain! It takes way too long, the pieces are always unevenly sized, and somehow candy cane dust manages to get everywhere in my kitchen and on my clothes. Not to mention the fact that they start to stick together immediately! Using candy cane bits makes the process much faster and less annoying, plus they seem to have more staying power and take longer to get sticky. But if you can’t find the bits, you can always go old-school and just crush up candy canes for the filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more peppermint dessert inspo, check out this collection 35 Peppermint Desserts<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the outside, I went for chocolate overload, with both chocolate buttercream and chocolate curls. You could skip the curls, but why would you want to?? It’s a lot of chocolate, yes, but since when is that a problem? Besides, the peppermint balances it out and keeps it from becoming too rich. Simple mini candy canes pressed into the rosettes on top are the perfect finishing touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🎂More Chocolate Cakes You’ll Love<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n