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Chocolate Peppermint Cake

Here's how you make Chocolate Peppermint Cake
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 30m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares (I would use 4 they have scaled them back since this recipe came out)
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup sour milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • FROSTING
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (or 1/2 teaspoon crushed after dinner mints)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together.

  • Step 2: Add melted chocolate.

  • Step 3: Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together. Add to butter mixture, alternately with sour milk. Mix thoroughly; add vanilla.

  • Step 4: Pour batter into a greased and floured pan (I used 8 inch round cake pan).

  • Step 5: Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes. Cool.

  • Step 6: FROSTING: (this made a ton of marshmallow like frosting). Place sugar,water and egg whites to cook over boiling water (in double boiler). Beat constantly for 5 minutes with a dover beater (I'm guessing a whisk on that one). Add the peppermint extract or crushed after dinner mints. Continue beating until frosting is thick and creamy.

  • Step 7: Remove from heat and continue beating until frosting is of spreading consistency. Spread over top and sides of cake.

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