Christmas Dessert (aka Peppermint Cake)

From the kitchen of: June Holt

Crust Ingredients:
1 lg. box vanilla wafers--12 oz.
1/2 c. melted butter or margarine

Crush wafers--combine with butter and press 2/3 in bottom of 9x13 pan. Reserve rest for top.

Chocolate Layer Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter softened
4 eggs
2 sq. melted unsweetened chocolate
2 tbs. Hershey cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix these ingredients in order given. Mix long enough for mixture to thicken (5-10 minutes). Spread over crust.

Peppermint Layer Ingredients:
7 oz. jar marshmallow cream
1 c. whipping cream whipped
1/2 c. crushed peppermint candy--crush in blender
1 c. nuts (optional)

Whip cream--add marshmallow cream and peppermint candy. Spread over chocolate layer. top with rest of crust. Freeze---Allow to defrost 1/2 hour before serving.

Note from Jen: Buffer asked me for this recipe before Christmas. Sadly, I didn't check my email until this week. But it was a good reminder for me to start working on this blog again. I think that once a week was a little overwhelming. Let's try once a month. And I'm all for requests!