Mint chocolate cake
Mint chocolate cake with first-person notes, clear timing cues, practical ingredient guidance, and storage advice from my kitchen. I kept the source quantities intact and rewrote the method so it feels usable at the counter.
- Time: 65 min
- Servings: 8
Source: Recipe Tweets
Ingredients
- granulated sugar
- unsalted butter, softened
- vegetable oil
- large eggs, at room temperature
- Tablespoon sour cream
- all-purpose flour
- unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- teaspoon baking powder
- teaspoon baking soda
- teaspoon salt
- buttermilk
- semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- whole milk
- teaspoon salt or fine sea salt
- teaspoons peppermint extract
- vegetable shortening
- Tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped