Recipe - Chocolate Mint Cake

PATTI VDRJ67A

CAKE
1 cup Flour
1/3 cup Cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths cup Sugar
1/3 cup Shortening
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Peppermint extract
2/3 cup Milk; cold

FROSTING
2 cup Powdered sugar; sifted
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine
One fourth teaspoon Peppermint extract
2 tablespoon To 3, milk
2 dr Green food coloring
Thin chocolate covered mint
candies; halved
Chocolate chip mint ice
cream (opt)

Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt
and baking soda. Beat together sugar and shortening on
high speed of mixer until fluffy. Beat in egg and
peppermint extract. Add dry ingredients to creamed
mix, alternating with milk, beating well after each
addition. Pour into greased and floured 9" round cake
pan. Bake at 350~ for 2530 minutes or until cake
tests done. Cool 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack to
cool completely. For frosting, beat together the
sugar, butter, extract and enough milk to make
spreadable consistency. Tint frosting green. Place
cake layer on serving platter. Frost top and sides of
cake. Decorate with mint halves. Serve with ice cream.
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