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Chocolate cake with mint buttercream

March 10, 2013 by Roxana 25 Comments

 Chocolate cake with mint buttercream from Roxanashomebaking.com

Chocolate cake with mint buttercream frosting. Although we don’t celebrate St. Patrick’ day,  green is my favorite color and I could not let this Irish holiday pass without sharing one recipe with you. And since this is my only St. Patrick’ day related post I thought I go grande and celebrate with a Chocolate Layer Cake with Refreshing Mint Buttercream Frosting.

I had a hard time deciding what to make, to be honest. At first I thought of making a Guinness cake but since we don’t drink I didn’t want to buy a 6 pack for just 1 cup or so to use in a recipe. Then I wanted to make a Soda Irish Bread, which I did, but didn’t last long enough to take some photos.

But all for a good cause, otherwise I had not made this cake!

Chocolate cake with mint buttercream from Roxanashomebaking.comThe recipe for this cake is from Kitchen Diaries by Clodagh McKenna, sent to me by the lovely people at Kerrygold Butter.

The book is divided in chapters for each month and of course I had to look for a March recipe. This cake was actually made into cupcakes in the book, 18 cupcakes to be exact. If you follow along and make a cake you simply divide the batter between two 9 inch round pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. For cupcakes, bake just 20 minutes or so.

Chocolate cake with mint buttercream from Roxanashomebaking.com

I changed just a little bit the recipe, leaving the chocolate chips out of the batter and used all purpose flour instead of self-rising.

I had a little bit of trouble, so to speak with the recipe, since it calls for 2 sticks of butter but I wasn’t sure how much, in weight, that is since 2 sticks American version equals 8 oz while Kerrygold butter comes in 8 oz bars. I took a change and used only 8 oz of butter, which turned out to be a good guess.

The cake turned out great, love the mint touch in both the cake and the frosting. There is just one thing I would change next time. I would cover completely the cake in frosting. The sides dried out by the next day while the inside was still moist.

I also doubled the frosting to make sure I have enough to cover both layers and added some Irish Cream coffee creamer for flavor.

Chocolate cake with mint buttercream recipe

Yields one 9 inch round cake

Chocolate layer cake with mint buttercream frosting

15 minPrep Time

25 minCook Time

1 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

    Chocolate Cake
  • 1 cup (227 grams) room temperature butter
  • 1 1/4 cups (250 grams) sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp mint extract
  • 1 3/4 cups (210 grams) all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup (20 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Mint Buttercream
  • 1 cup (227 grams) room temperature butter
  • 1 tsp mint extract
  • 5 cups (600 grams) powder sugar
  • ~ 1 tbsp Irish Cream coffee creamer
  • mini chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

    Chocolate Cake
  1. Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 9 inch pans. Shake off excess flour.
  2. In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, for about 3 minutes.
  3. Add the mint extract and the eggs, one by one, stirring well after each addition.
  4. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Add the to the wet ingredients mixture.
  5. Stir until just combined.
  6. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Cool for 5 minutes in the pans before placing them on wire racks to cool completely.
  8. Mint Buttercream
  9. In a mixing bowl cream the butter for 1 minute. Add the mint extract and, slowly, add the powder sugar, 1/2 cup at a time making sure the sugar is incorporated before adding more.
  10. When all the sugar is mixed in, add enough Irish Cream coffee creamer to make a fluffy airy buttercream.
  11. Spread half of the frosting on top of one of the cake layers.
  12. Place the 2nd cake layer and top with the remaining frosting.
  13. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips if you're using.
  14. Let the flavors combine for few hours before slicing it.

Notes

Recipe from Kitchen Diaries

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Sending love your way,

Roxana

I am part of the Kerrygold Food Blogger Network and was provided with coupons for Kerrygold butter and a free copy of the cookbook. All opinions are mine. 

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Roxana has a passion for all things food, a sweet tooth that can’t be tamed and a severe case of the wanderlust
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  1. Terri C says

    March 10, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    This looks amazing!
    Reply
  2. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    March 10, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    I love anything with chocolate and mint! Another beautiful cake :).
    Reply
  3. Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says

    March 10, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    Pretty cake! MmmMmm
    Reply
  4. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    March 10, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    I love chocolate and mint together, what a gorgeous cake!
    Reply
  5. Carol | a cup of mascarpone says

    March 10, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Great St. Patty's Day cake, Roxana!!! Chocolate and mint were made for each other! Have a beautiful Sunday!
    Reply
  6. Kim Beaulieu says

    March 10, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    Squee, this is adorable. I just want a nice big slice. Maybe two.
    Reply
  7. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    March 10, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    SO beautiful Roxana! Chocolate and mint is my FAV. I want to eat the frosting with a spoon!
    Reply
  8. Ju says

    March 11, 2013 at 4:05 am

    Wow, this cake looks absolutely amazing. Great photos!
    Reply
  9. Carolyn says

    March 11, 2013 at 8:48 am

    Absolutely gorgeous, Rox! And I recognize those little flags, I used them on my bundt cake too. ;)
    Reply
  10. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    March 11, 2013 at 8:48 am

    Roxana, this is one beautiful cake, so festive! I love it.
    Reply
  11. Linda (The Contessa) says

    March 11, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    I love that you bake real cakes rather than from a mix. I know lots of people don't keep all the ingredients in their pantries to make a scratch cake. I personally get nervous if I don't have flour, sugar, shortening, butter and chocolate chips in mine! :-) We're having a party at Tumbleweed Contessa, and I'd love it if your brought this over. http://www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog/whatd-you-do-this-weekend-6/ Linda (The Contessa)
    Reply
  12. Joanne says

    March 12, 2013 at 1:25 am

    This cake looks so delicious, and I am a big fan of chocolate and mint! I love your recipes!
    Reply
  13. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    March 12, 2013 at 1:29 am

    I've never seen so much buttercream on a cake - I'm in love :)
    Reply
  14. Terra says

    March 12, 2013 at 10:07 am

    Green is my favorite color too!!!!! I did one St. Paddy's post, hopping to get one more in if time is on my side:-) I hope you are doing well! Your cake is seriously so beautiful, and caught my attention right away! Just Gorgeous, Hugs, Terra
    Reply
  15. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    March 12, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    I'm a bit of a St. Patrick's Day grinch but I feeel like this cake could get me in the spirit! Yum!
    Reply
  16. Suzanne says

    March 13, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    I love this cake, I was actually thinking of making one for St. Patrick's before you posted this but I opted for brownies with the mint frosting instead. Your cake looks like it turned out perfect!
    Reply
  17. Patty says

    March 13, 2013 at 2:19 pm

    Love chocolate mint cake and anything baked with Kerrygold butter, YUM!!!
    Reply
  18. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    March 13, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    Beautiful green color! And mint buttercream. Yum! Good call with the butter. :)
    Reply
  19. Dina says

    March 13, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    this looks delish!
    Reply
  20. Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen says

    March 14, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    Your cake looks absolutely gorgeous! It sounds delicious too!
    Reply
  21. Jean says

    March 14, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    Green is my favorite color, too, and I love the flavors of this cake!!
    Reply
  22. Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet} says

    March 16, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Beautiful cake and perfect for St. Patty's Day!
    Reply
  23. Lora @cakeduchess says

    March 20, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    Chocolate and mint...fabulous!I was check out those cupcakes too. I also got the book and it's so pretty. I love that you made a pretty cake with the cupcake recipe, Roxy.
    Reply
  24. Abbie says

    August 26, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Oh thank you for posting this recipe, I've been looking for a simple mint choc cake recipe for a while, this came up trumps! Easy to make and tastes divine, the only slight change I made was to add some cocoa powder to the buttercream frosting so that was mint choc flavoured too, and I covered the whole cake in it. Really pleased with the outcome, yum!
    Reply
  25. Summer says

    March 1, 2014 at 5:31 pm

    Oh now I must have some cake - this looks absolutely delicious!
    Reply

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