Mint-Chocolate Chip Cake

Name: Mint-Chocolate Chip Cake
Total time: 95
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar; 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour; ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda; 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk; ½ cup vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon peppermint extract; 1 cup boiling water; 1 teaspoon peppermint extract; ½ cup milk; 1 cup butter, softened; 1 (32 ounce) package confectioners' sugar; ½ teaspoon green gel food coloring, or as needed; 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips; ½ cup butter, softened; 10 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate

Recipe by mrsembee from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 35 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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2 cups white sugar
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1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
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¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
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1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 eggs
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1 cup milk
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½ cup vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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1 teaspoon peppermint extract
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1 cup boiling water
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1 teaspoon peppermint extract
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½ cup milk
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1 cup butter, softened
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1 (32 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
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½ teaspoon green gel food coloring, or as needed
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1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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½ cup butter, softened
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10 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract; mix using an electric mixer until smooth. Whisk in boiling water. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cake cool 10 to 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
While cake is cooling, combine milk and peppermint extract in a small bowl and set aside. Cream butter in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Pour in confectioners' sugar and peppermint-milk mixture alternately while continuing to beat. Add green food coloring until frosting reaches desired color. Whip frosting on high until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Divide between two bowls. Stir chocolate chips into 1/2 the frosting using a spoon. Set mint-chocolate chip frosting aside.
Frost cooled cake with pure mint frosting without chocolate chips. Place cake in the refrigerator to set.
Meanwhile, combine chocolate squares and butter in a double boiler; stir until thoroughly melted. Remove from heat. Stir ganache vigorously to a smooth consistency.
Remove cake from the refrigerator. Cover entire cake with ganache; return to the refrigerator and allow to completely set, about 30 minutes.
Remove set cake from the refrigerator. Frost sides of cake with mint chocolate chip frosting.