Peppermint Patty Cake with Vanilla Mint Frosting

Apple Cake

This delectable Apple Cake has a slightly crunchy crust and a soft moist center that is loaded with chunks of sweet apple and pecans. It is perfectly spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg. It is lightly drizzled with an easy four ingredient caramel sauce. I make this cake several times each fall for bake sales, potlucks and family and friend get-togethers.

Easy Ratatouille

This easy ratatouille recipe is a classic summer French stew filled with vibrant, colourful and nutritious vegetables: tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant. It is a low-carb, gluten-free and vegan dish that can be made in one pan and served atop greens or grains, as a side to a main entrée, or all on its own.

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prettymama on 5.11.2013

Like the previous reviewer, I agree the cooking time is way off on this. I baked it double the recommended time. When I took it out of the oven, it immediately deflated- big uh-oh. When it was finally cooled and I took it out of the pan, and it completely fell apart to the point I could not salvage it.
So much for my son’s 11th birthday cake… off to the store I go. First year I’ve never had a homemade cake for him on his birthday.

Jeri on 4.2.2013

This cake tastes amazing and I’m getting rave reviews by family and coworkers who have sampled it. Two things to note: 1) The bake time is way off. I’m not sure in what universe a cake could bake in 16-18 minutes; I think I doubled my time overall but generally kept an eye on it until it was done. 2) I would recommend using parchment paper in your pans because I had trouble with the cake layers sticking, even with prepped pans (thank goodness frosting can glue things together).

The frosting is really what makes this cake amazing. If you’re short on time/funding, you could probably just make a good chocolate cake recipe and make the vanilla mint frosting, although it is fun to see the look on people’s faces when you tell them there are melted peppermint patties in the cake batter.

If you’re like me, your first instinct at seeing vanilla bean caviar on the list would be that vanilla beans are expensive (I’ve seen bottles for about $12-14 at Vons), so one tip would be that Sprouts actually sells bottles that contain 2 vanilla beans for $4.

The cake and frosting alone are good enough that the actual peppermint patties are almost overkill, so don’t feel like you need to cover the whole cake in patties. I’ll definitely be making this one again.