Chocolate Mint Swirl Cake

Submitted by Annacia

"This recipe is from Betty Crocker. It makes a lovely, yummy, big cake."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 16-24

ingredients

• FILLING

• 0.667 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• CAKE

• 1 (432 g) package betty crocker super moist devil's food cake mix (you may,of course, use your favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe with enough volume to make a 2 l)
• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 2 eggs

• CHOCOLATE-MINT GLAZE

• 2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• 1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1 egg
• 1⁄8 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 3 drops green food coloring
• 1⁄4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2 drops green food coloring
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 3 -4 teaspoons water

directions

1. Heat oven to 325f.
2. Lightly grease or spray a 12 cup fluted pan.

3. FILLING:

4. In a small bowl beat cream cheese with mixer on high until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the sugar, egg, 1/8 tsp extract and 3 drops of food color and set aside.

5. CAKE:

6. In lg bowl beat cake mix, 1 cup water, the butter and 2 eggs on low for 30 seconds, then on medium for 2 minutes Pour into pan and spoon the cream cheese filling over the batter.
7. Bake 42-48 mins until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
8. Turn cake upside down onto plate or cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

9. GLAZE:

10. In 1 qt saucepan heat chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring often, until melted. Set aside.
11. Mix icing sugar, 1/4 tsp peppermint extract, 2 drops food color, and corn syrup and enough of the 3-4 tsp's water to make a thick drizzle that can be easily spooned over cake. Drizzle over cake.
12. Immediately spoon the chocolate glaze over cake in a 1/2 inch wide ring. Working quickly pull a toothpick through chocolate to make swirls. Chill until serving time and refrigerate leftovers.

13. TIP:

14. sprinkling with coarsely chopped chocolate mint candies makes this already incredible cake even more decadent.