I have always enjoying chocolate most desserts. from ice cream to cake these two ingredients go together like peas and carrots…only sweeter! This cake is a real hit with my family and I’m sure it will be with yours. too!
Check out what our friends from Cooking Crusade have to say about this recipe:
Milk chocolate frosting and .. mint icing. And I wanted to use them together somehow to come up with a choc-mint cake. (Cos of course, chocolate and mint are a completely amazing combination. If you have ever tried and loved choc-peppermint ice cream, you will know this.)
I love the way this sounds!
Ingredients
Peppermint Icing:
1/2 a cup of sour cream (the taste doesn’t come out at all but it gives the icing a great texture/body)
1/2 cup Kerrygold butter, softened
2 cups icing sugar, sifted (or not, if you’re lazy like me)
1 teaspoon or more peppermint essence (to taste)
Using an electric mixer, beat together sour cream and butter together. Add in icing sugar one cup at a time and use a wooden spoon to incorporate (so it doesn’t get blown everywhere by the mixer). Add in the peppermint essence and beat for a further minute. Taste to see if it needs more peppermint essence. Can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container or as I do, in a plastic sanger bag for next time.
Milk Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting:
250 grams Philly cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter
250 grams milk chocolate, melted and cooled
3 cups icing sugar
Using an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Pour in melted milk chocolate (it is important to make sure that it has cooled down otherwise it might melt the butter). Beat with mixer for 30 seconds or until smooth. Incorporate icing sugar with wooden spoon, cup at a time. If it is too runny, add more icing sugar. If it is too grainy, add a tablespoon or so of milk.
Can be stored in the fridge, just like peppermint icing.
Instructions
Bake and cool two layers of chocolate cake.
2. Trim cakes if neccessary and flip upside down so the smooth side of the cake is facing upward. Crumb coat both layers with a thin layer of peppermint frosting. Refrigerate.
3. Sandwich cakes together with a good amount of milk chocolate frosting and frost outside of the cake with the milk chocolate frosting. Refrigerate.
4. While cake is in the fridge, make chocolate curls by peeling thin strips of chocolate off a family size chocolate bar with a vegie peeler (the way you would with a carrot, for example.) These melt quickly, so I suggest putting them on a plate that has been in the fridge for about an hour, or just placing them on a regular plate and keeping them in the fridge until needed. Be gentle with these as they break very easily.
5. Pipe a shell border with remaining chocolate frosting around the border of the cake and decorate with chocolate curls.
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Quick Tip: Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Thanks again to Cooking Crusade for this amazing recipe.