Marble Mint Chips Layer Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In top of a double boiler or a metal bowl over barely simmering water, melt chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature., Preheat oven to 375°. Line bottoms of three greased 8-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease parchment., In a large bowl, cream remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition., Remove 2 cups batter to a small bowl; stir in cooled chocolate mixture and, if desired, chocolate chips, until blended. Drop plain and chocolate batters by tablespoonfuls into prepared pans, dividing batters evenly among pans. To make batter level in pans, bang cake pans several times on counter., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove parchment. Cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency., If cake layers have rounded tops, trim with a serrated knife to make level. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Cool slightly., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake., Drop cooled chocolate by 1/2 teaspoonfuls over frosting. Using a large offset spatula, smear chocolate to create a marble design in frosting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. These are the 2 pans (9 X 9 inch) that I used to bake the cakes. You may also use an 8 inch ROUND PAN IF YOU LIKE, and cake will be taller in volumn. For this recipe I only needed 2 of these pans.
• Prepare cake according to directions on box.
• Add Peppermint Extract.
• Substitute Green River soda, or any Lemon Lime soda for the water.
• Add the Jello Pistachio pudding mix to the batter, as well as the mini chocolate chips.
• Divide batter in half into a separate bowl. Then add the box of Lemon Lime Jello.
• Add 20 drops of green food coloring to the bowl with the lime jello. Leaving other bowl as is.
• Alternate spoons of batter from each bowl to each pan, USING A SEPARATE SPOON FOR EACH BOWL.Blend till color is even.
• Smooth over top of batter in each pan with back of spoon to get the batter closer together if not already touching.
• Bake by package directions 350 degrees F, for me it was about 29 minutes.
• Prepare frosting by combining butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar, and beating till creamy. Then add the Irish Cream liqueur one tablespoon at a time till desired consistency is reached. adding a few drops of green food color till desired shade of green is reached.
• Frost cake between each layer, on top and sides.
• Top with garnish ingredients if desired. Green sugar crystals, mini chocolate chips, and andes mint candies.
• Cut and serve.