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Crushed mint chocolate tray cake

Crushed mint chocolate tray cake

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by Kitchen Butterfly

Crushed mint chocolate tray cake

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by Kitchen Butterfly

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate Cake
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    Kitchen Butterfly's Notes: I can't remember the last time I made a full-sized (high) cake...or creamed ingredients to create a cream cake. Last February, in Rome, I discovered a yogurt cake which has now become the...

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Serves a whole tribe. Also make a dozen cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees centigrade. While the oven is preheating, butter a brownie tin (28 X 18cm) and then sprinkle one tablespoon of almond meal round the pan so it coats the base and sides. This will help the cake slip out of the pan easier.

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  2. In a bowl, combine flour, almond meal, sugar, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder. Whisk well to combine.

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  3. In another bowl, combine oil, yogurt, eggs, melted chocolate, liqueur (if using) and vanilla extract. Whisk well to combine.

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  4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour the yogurt-oil mixture into this centre. Combine with a whisk.

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  5. Sprinkle crushed mints all over the cake batter and fold in, using a spatula.

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  6. Pour into tray and bake in the middle of your preheated oven. You can check it/open the oven door after 18 - 20 minutes. Don't let bake loner than 20 - 22 minutes, or the cake will end up hard with super crusty edges...which you don't want!

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  7. Remove from oven and let cook in tin for 5 - 10 minutes (on a wire rack). Then, run a spatula round the edge of the tin/cake to loosen. Place a plate over the top and tip out gently. Let cool before frosting (about 15 minutes).

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  8. To make the inverted ganache, combine melted chocolate, Creme Fraiche or Sour cream, icing/confectioner's sugar and vanilla extract. Stir well to combine and then using a spatula, spread over the top of the cake. You could also garnish it with raspberries and mint. Enjoy with coffee...or hot chocolate

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1 Comment on Crushed mint chocolate tray cake

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I love the flavors of mint and chocolate together, what a neat idea of a cake!

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