Chocolate Mint Swirl Cake - cooking recipe

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
Preparation
    Heat oven to 325f.
    Lightly grease or spray a 12 cup fluted pan.
    FILLING:
    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.
    CAKE:
    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.
    Bake 42-48 mins until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
    Turn cake upside down onto plate or cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
    GLAZE:
    In 1 qt saucepan heat chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring often, until melted. Set aside.
    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.
    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.
    TIP:
    sprinkling with coarsely chopped chocolate mint candies makes this already incredible cake even more decadent.

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