Heather's Creme De Menthe Cake

Yummy cake to make anytime, but especially good around the holidays. You can use chocolate cake mix in place of the yellow cake mix, as pictured in the photos. You can also change the puddings and liqueurs to your favorite, and add toppings of your choice for variety.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup  peppermint candies, like powder or 1  cup  candy cane, very finely crushed like powder
• 1 (18 1/4ounce) package  yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2ounce) 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)

Directions

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.