Peppermint Patty Cake

16 ingredients
4 steps

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. 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. 2
    batters to pan; with knife, marble batters by scooping knife into& up thru batters.
  3. 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. 4
    intervals, stirring occasionally, until melted; pour over cake; garnish with candies if desired.

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