Peppermint Patty Cake

Submitted by Boca Pat

"If you love mint and chocolate, this is the cake for you. I've had this recipe for quite awhile and I just recently made it and it was absolutely delicious. Hope you enjoy it too."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• Cake

• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 small chocolate-covered mint candies, such as peppermint patties,coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups butter, at room temp
• 2 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2⁄3 cup milk

• Glaze

• 9 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 tablespoons butter
• additional chocolate-covered mint candies, cut into pieces,optional

directions

1. Cake: Preheat oven to 350; grease& flour 12 cup Bundt pan In microwave safe bowl combine chocolate, peppermint candies and milk; heat on hi at 20 sec intervals, stirring occasionally, until melted; reserve Combine flour, baking pwdr and salt; at hi speed beat butter with sugar until fluffy, reduce speed to med, beat in eggs 1 at a time and vanilla until combined; alternately beat in flour mixture and milk; beat 1 minute Trnasfer 1 cup batter to bowl; stir in reserve melted chocolate mixture; pour 5 cups plain batter into pan; drop half of chocolate batter over batter in pan Swirl knife thru batters to marble Add remaining plain& choc.
2. batters to pan; with knife, marble batters by scooping knife into& up thru batters.
3. Bake 1 hr to 1 hr 10, or until toothpick comes out clean; cook in pan 30 minutes; remove; cool completely on rack Glaze: In micro safe bowl combine chocolate& butter; heat in micro on hi at 10 sec.
4. intervals, stirring occasionally, until melted; pour over cake; garnish with candies if desired.