Recipe - Peppermint Pattie Cake

PEPPERMINT ICING
One fourth cup Crisco
2 teaspoon Margarine
3 cup Confectionary sugar, sifted
One fourth cup Milk
2 teaspoon Peppermint extract

Cream shortenings; add sugar and milk alternately and beat well. Add
peppermint extract and whip at high speed for 5 minutes until fluffy.

CHOCOLATE FUDGE ICING: One half cup butter One fourth cup shortening One half cup cocoa 1 egg 3 c
confectionary sugar, sifted 1/3 cup milk Cream shortenings and cocoa
together. Blend in vanilla and egg, beating well. Alternately add sugar and
milk, beating until smooth. Whip at high speed 5 minutes.

CAKE: Begin with your favorite chocolate 2layer cake (either scratch or
prepackaged mix). Sprinkle each layer with One half cup Creme de Menthe or
Peppermint Schnapps and allow to stand for 1 hour. Frost top and center
with peppermint icing. Frost sides with fudge icing. Garnish top of cake
with crushed peppermint hard candy and miniature peppermint wafers (either
York Peppermint patties, Andes creme de menthes, or similar).

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