Peppermint Patty Cake - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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