Are you planning your holiday menu and looking to add a fresh dessert? If you and your family like peppermint flavor, this cake is the right one for you. Heather Gray’s peppermint cake, which originally appeared in our December 2010 issue, is a mixture of white and yellow cake mix and includes unsweetened cocoa, peppermint syrup and, of course, is topped off with actual peppermint pieces. 

Gray had told us that her husband’s aunt turned her on to a Southern Living recipe, which she adapted her annual holiday menu, and that it’s so easy to make but it’s “so pretty everyone thinks you spent a lot of money on it.” 

Sounds like the perfect after-dinner treat. 

Be sure to share your favorite recipes with us and check back here every Monday for our weekly recipe pick.