Deep Chocolate Mint Snack Cake #SpringSweetsWeek

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Deep, rich, chocolate mint snack cake is so moist and flavorful you don't need any frosting.  

It is Day 2 of Spring Sweets Week.......

Welcome to #SpringSweetsWeek 2020 hosted by Heather from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks!  What better way to celebrate the warmer weather and flowers blooming than with food and a fun giveaway?

27 bloggers from around the country have come together to share over 100 sweet recipes perfect for spring!  So stop thinking about cold and snow and get ready to enjoy the best spring sweets like cupcakes, cookies, brownies, pies, and even beverages!

Our #SpringSweetsWeek sponsors are helping us give away some great prizes. Thank you so much to Dixie Crystals, Millican Pecan, Door County Coffee, Anolon, Deiss Cookware, Adams Extract, and Fresh April Sprinkles for your generosity. We have an incredible giveaway below and would love if you would take a moment to read about it and the prizes you can win!

My post today incorporates product that I received from Door County Coffee.  They sent me a plethora of wonderful coffees and I have been enjoying a new flavor each day and coming up with recipe ideas while I sip.  

As I sat enjoying the Mocha Mint flavor, I was thinking about how coffee adds such a wonderful depth of flavor to chocolate.  I also thought about how chocolate and mint are one of my favorite flavor combinations.  I use a lot of mint when baking sweets but normally it is during the Christmas Holiday season.  

So I started thinking about mint and how abundantly it grows, sprouting up in the spring and taking over any space it can find all summer long.  I use it in my summer salads, in cocktails that we sip in the pool and in iced tea.  I couldn't see any reason why I shouldn't make a chocolate mint cake for Spring Sweets Week.

So I did.  And my family was very glad.  Your family will be thrilled with this delicious cake as well.  I served it up sprinkled with powdered sugar one day, topped with whipped cream the next day and on the final day we topped it with ice cream and hot fudge sauce.  

Normally, that cake would not have been around for three days worth of desserts as it would have been made for a dinner party or taken somewhere to be donated or gifted.  This quarantine is going to make us all fat and sassy.....

Don't forget to stop by and see what the others are sharing today............

Tuesday #SpringSweetsWeek Recipes

• 6-Ingedient Mango-Coconut Bundt Cake by Palatable Pastime
• Baklava Cake for Passover by Kate's Recipe Box
• Blood Orange Cinnamon Rolls by Simply Inspired Meals
• Blueberry Flavored Coffee Ice Cream by Jen Around the World
• Blueberry Flower Tarts by Blogghetti
• Brownie Batter Mocha Bundt Cake by Sweet Beginnings
• Chocolate Mousse Cake by Family Around the Table
• Coffee Caramel Sauce by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Deep Chocolate Mint Snack Cake by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Greek Yogurt Tangerine Cake by Shockingly Delicious
• Lemon Pizzelles by Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf with Glaze by Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
• Pecan Scones by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Pink Champagne Cupcakes by Cookaholic Wife
• Strawberry Pie Bars by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Strawberry Pudding by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Vegan Orange Poppyseed Bundt Cake with Strawberry Icing by The Baking Fairy

And don't forget to scroll down past my recipe to enter into the amazing Giveaway that our sponsors have provided.  You can find a complete listing of what you can win in my Lemon Jelly Roll post from Day 1.

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Desserts, Cakes

American

Yield: 9 servings

Author: Wendy Klik

Deep Chocolate Mint Snack Cake

Deep, rich, chocolate mint snack cake is so moist and flavorful you don't need any frosting.

Prep time: 10 MCook time: 45 MTotal time: 55 M

Ingredients:

• 1 stick + 2 T. butter, room temperature
• 1 2/3 c. sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1/2 t. peppermint extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 c. + 2 T. flour
• 1/3 c. baking cocoa
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 1/2 c. Mocha Mint Coffee (I used Door County), brewed and cooled to warm

Instructions:

How to cook Deep Chocolate Mint Snack Cake

1. In large bowl of stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until smooth.   Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each.  Stir in the vanilla and peppermint extracts.
2. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt over the batter.  Pour in the coffee and whisk the ingredients gently, by hand, until smooth and incorporated.
3. Pour the batter into a 9" square baking pan that has been liberally treated with baking spray.  Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 40-45 minutes, until a skewer inserted removes cleanly.  Let cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 20 minutes before turning onto the rack to cool to desired serving temperature.  
4. This cake is best served warm and can be rewarmed in the microwave if desired.

Notes:

Adapted from a recipe found in Fine Cooking Magazine

Calories
234.51

Fat (grams)
5.04

Sat. Fat (grams)
2.65

Carbs (grams)
44.80

Fiber (grams)
0.72

Net carbs
44.08

Sugar (grams)
39.36

Protein (grams)
3.35

Sodium (milligrams)
263.16

Cholesterol (grams)
52.16

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