Chocolate Mint Cake

Ingredients

Cake

    * 4 oz layered chocolate and mint candies or mint flavored chocolate chips
    * 3 1/2 oz bittersweet chocolate
    * 2 1/4 cups buttermilk
    * 3 1/2 cups flour
    * 2 3/4 cups sugar
    * 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
    * 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
    * 3/4 tsp salt
    * 11 Tbs unsalted butter, at room temperature
    * 5 large eggs
    * 2 tsp vanilla extract

Cream

    * 1 cup cream
    * 3 Tbs sugar
    * 1 Tbs vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 ° degrees. Butter the Kaiser Bakeware bundform.

Cake: In a saucepan, heat 1 cup of the buttermilk, chocolate candies and bittersweet chocolate until the chocolate melts; stir into remaining buttermilk. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the butter and beat until combined. Mix in chocolate-mint milk; beat 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat 2 minutes longer.

Pour batter into prepared pan; tap pan on counter to break up any air bubbles. Bake for 65- 80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 20 minutes and then remove to finish cooling on a wire rack.

Cream: Beat together the cream, sugar, and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form. Serve with cake.