Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Now add in one egg at a time and whip till fluffy.

Add in flour, baking powder and salt and whip again till it is mixed into a soft dough.

Divide the dough into half. Wrap one half in plastic wrap.

To the other half of the dough, add in few drops of red food colour and knead well till it is evenly mixed. Now wrap this in plastic and chill this for couple of hours.

Once the dough is chilled. roll it into a log shape and divide it into equal portions.

Now preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Take two portion from it and roll it into a thin rope, lay them side by side, pinching both ends and twist them lightly.

Now shape this into candy cane shape and arrange it in a parchment lined baking tray.

Bake for 10 to 12 mins. If your candy cane is big it may take upto 15 mins.

Now remove it from oven and cool it down completely.

Now store this in a air tight container.