Butter Mint Cake

Name: Butter Mint Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 2 1/2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon mint extract; 1/2 cup sour cream; 2 cups softened butter or 2 cups margarine; 1 cup milk or 1 cup water; 1 package vanilla frosting; 1 package butter mint decorative candies; 4 drops yellow food coloring; 2 packages cream cheese; 1 package food coloring; 1 cup whipped topping; 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons mint extract

Submitted by JustaQT

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Ready In:: 1hr 35mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 12

ingredients

Cake
3 cups flour
2 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon mint extract
¹⁄₂ cup sour cream
2 cups softened butter or 2 cups margarine
1 cup milk or 1 cup water
Frosting
1 package vanilla frosting
1 package butter mint decorative candies
4 drops yellow food coloring
Icing
2 packages cream cheese
1 package food coloring
1 cup whipped topping
¹⁄₂ cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons mint extract

directions

Cake: Preheat oven to 350.
Combine first four ingredients; mix at medium speed.
Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine sour cream and butter.
Manually beat until fluffy.
Pour sour cream mixture into batter, and then beat at low speed until fluffy.
Add milk (or water) and beat mixture at high until batter is smooth.
Pour batter in two 8" or 9" baking pans.
Bake for at least 45-60 minutes.
When done, cool cake for 25 minutes at room temperature.
Set cake aside for frosting and decoration.
Frosting: In a blender, crush butter mint candies until they are of a powdery consistency.
Then add the frosting.
Blend at high speed until frosting is creamy.
Then pour frosting into a medium sized pour and frost cake.
After frosting, refrigerate cake.
Icing: In a large bowl, mix ingredients, except for the food color at high speed until icing is fluffy.
Use as much and whatever food coloring is desired for decoration.
Use molds or icing bags to decorate cake.
Refrigerate cake.

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JustaQT

Camdenton, MO

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