Thin Mint Cake Recipe
If you absolutely love Thin Min Girl Scout Cookies, you are going to want to make this Thin Mint Chocolate Mint Layer Cake. This cake is a moist chocolate cake that has an amazing homemade mint frosting with crushed Thin Mint Cookies. The cake is topped off with more cookies and chocolate ganache. You have to try this fabulous cake.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Decorating Time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate mint layer cake
Servings: 8
- 2 1/2 C whole milk
- 6 large eggs
- 1 C canola oil
- 2 boxes triple chocolate cake mix
Thin mint frosting
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 C ground up thin mint cookies
- 2 -4 drops of pale green gel food coloring
- 4-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
Cake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degree's and spray all 3 cake pan with pam baking spray and set aside
Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until combined
Divide the batter between the three baking pans
Bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center
Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans
Place the cakes onto a cutting board
Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes
Place one layer of cake onto the cake board
Thin Mint Frosting directions:
Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together of the frosting until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes
Scoop about 1 C of the frosting onto the first layer of cake
Place the second layer of cake on top
Scoop about 1 1/2 C of frosting into another bowl and set aside
Using remaining frosting, frost entire cake
Coat the bottom of the cake in the thin mint crushed cookies
Chocolate ganache
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
Pipe dollops onto the top of the cake
Place a thin mint cookie next to the dollops
Cut into slices and enjoy