Comments on: Peppermint Patty Cake with Vanilla Mint Frosting https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/peppermint-patty-cake-with-vanilla-mint-frosting/ Favorite Recipes from Real Kitchens Everywhere! Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.31 By: prettymama https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/peppermint-patty-cake-with-vanilla-mint-frosting/?review_page=1#review-102402 Sun, 12 May 2013 00:52:30 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/peppermint-patty-cake-with-vanilla-mint-frosting/#comment-102402 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. :-(

]]> By: Jeri https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/peppermint-patty-cake-with-vanilla-mint-frosting/?review_page=1#review-101608 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:03:17 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/peppermint-patty-cake-with-vanilla-mint-frosting/#comment-101608 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.

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