Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mint-choc christmas cake #festivedish. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I had a bit of a sore throat for this video so apologies for the hoarseness (although it's perfect for singing Driving Home For Christmas). Epic Mint Choc Chip Layer Cake Recipe Unmould cake from tin (if tight, rub a hot cloth around edge of tin to soften ice-cream slightly).

Mint-choc Christmas cake #festivedish is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Mint-choc Christmas cake #festivedish is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have mint-choc christmas cake #festivedish using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mint-choc Christmas cake #festivedish:

1. Get 200 g margarine/butter
2. Make ready 1 cup sugar (reduce or add as preferred)
3. Make ready 2 cups Self rising flour
4. Prepare 1 teaspoon Mint essence
5. Get 80 g Mint chocolate (Cadbury’s packet)
6. Make ready 2 eggs
7. Prepare 5 tablespoons cocoa powder
8. Take 2/3 cups milk
9. Take 1 cup strong black coffee
10. Make ready 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
11. Get For the icing glaze
12. Prepare 2 cups icing sugar
13. Make ready 1/2 cup lemon juice/ orange juice
14. Make ready Zest of lemon/ orange
15. Prepare Decorations
16. Make ready 2 packets skittles
17. Make ready 1 packet Oreo biscuits

Try peppermint extract with red food coloring for Christmas, or orange extract with yellow food coloring for Easter! A treat from our childhood. "Fluffy, mint-tinged marshmallowy meringue is piped into peaks over chocolate biscuits, then dipped in dark chocolate ". Made with my favorite chocolate cake as the base then topped with homemade mint frosting. Sidenote - can you believe I'm even talking about Christmas yet?

Steps to make Mint-choc Christmas cake #festivedish:

1. Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees. Prepare baking tin or sufuria
2. First melt the chocolate in a microwave until smooth
3. In a large bowl, beat the margarine/butter with sugar until pale and well mixed
4. Add the eggs slowly, one at a time, as you continue beating the butter- sugar mixture
5. Add half of the melted chocolate into the mixture and gently mix using a mwiko preferably (keep the other half for the wet ingredients)
6. Sift the flour and cocoa powder powder together. Then alternatively add in the flour and the milk to the previous mixture starting with the flour and ending with the flour. Mix gently with every addition.
7. Add in the coffee (coffee is added to enhance the chocolate flavor) gently and steadily, add the other half of the melted chocolate, the mint essence and vanilla essence. Be careful not to over beat the cake batter.
8. Put the cake batter into your prepared baking tin or sufuria and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick or knife comes out clear. Let it cool completely.
9. For the icing glaze, mix the icing sugar and the lemon juice and whisk until soft and well blended. Add in the zest for extra zing😋😋
10. After cake cooling, pour the icing glaze in preferred fashion over the cake and decorate with the skittles as desired.

The cake is frosted with mint buttercream and layered with mint chocolate pieces. A big beautiful Mint Chocolate Layer Cake overflowing with all things mint and chocolate. This cake is like them but BIGGER. You could then use the mint frosting from this recipe to make your mint choc birthday cake ❤️. chocolate cake, butter cream icing, eggs, oil, vanilla extract, mint extract, mint chocolate chips, white chocolate, Andes mints. These cake bites make the perfect after dinner treat (great with coffee!).

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