Chocolate Mint Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate Mint Layer Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 414 milliliters cake flour; 8 servings Chocolate curls; 3 larges eggs; 1 sprig Fresh mint; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 4 teaspoons vanilla extract; 8 servings Mint Whipped Cream

One serving contains 542 calories, 9g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Oven

Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until well blended.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Mix in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions each, beating until well blended. Divide batter equally among prepared pans (generous 2 cups for each); smooth top of batter.

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Buttermilk

Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs still attached, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 15 minutes. Turn cakes out onto racks; peel off paper. Cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; store at room temperature.)

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Place 1 cake layer on platter.

Spread 1 1/4 cups Mint Whipped Cream over. Top with second cake layer.

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Whipped Cream

Spread

Mint

Spread 1 1/4 cups Mint Whipped Cream over. Top with third cake layer.

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Whipped Cream

Spread

Mint

Spread remaining Mint Whipped Cream over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 6 hours. Pile chocolate curls atop center of cake.

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Chocolate Curls