Mint Chocolate Cake
Mint Chocolate Cake is a simple boxed chocolate cake mix with layers of a homemade mint chocolate chip frosting. Top it off with ganache, frosting shaped as ice cream and a waffle cone.
Servings: 12
Calories: 917kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Ingredients
- 1 box triple chocolate cake mix use ingredients from the box directions
Mint Chocolate Chip Frosting Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons mint extract
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 -4 drops pale green gel food coloring
- 4-6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
Decorations
- 1 box vanilla ice cream cones
- 1 bag Andes baking chips
Instructions
Cake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 2 cake pans with cooking spray and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until combined.
- Divide the batter between the baking pans.
- Bake according to box directions until a toothpick comes out clean in the center.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans.
- Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes.
- Place one layer of cake onto the cake board.
Mint Chocolate Chip Frosting Directions:
- Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together of the mint oreo frosting until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes.
- Scoop about 1 cup of the chocolate chip frosting onto the first layer of cake.
- Place the second layer of cake on top.
- Scoop about 1 1/2 cups of frosting into another bowl and set aside.
- Using remaining frosting to frost entire cake.
Chocolate Ganache Directions
- In a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until simmering.
- Place the chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl.
- Once the heavy whipping cream is steaming, pour the heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and let sit for a minute.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Gradually pour the chocolate ganache into drizzles over the top of the cake.
- Allow the ganache to harden.
- Using a small ice cream scooper, scoop some frosting and place onto the top of the cake.
- Lightly shave the ice cream cones into a smaller size.
- Place cone onto the top of the ice cream scoop.
- Sprinkle some Andes chips around the top of the cake.
- Cut into slices and enjoy.
Nutrition
Serving: 12g | Calories: 917kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 113mg | Sodium: 322mg | Potassium: 323mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 74g | Vitamin A: 1360IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 116mg | Iron: 4mg