Peppermint Tea Chocolate Cake

This delicious cake is made with a cup of mint tea. I drizzle a chocolate-mint glaze over the top because the cake has a little mint flavor.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Additional Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Servings: 16
Yield: 1 tube cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup water
  2. 6 peppermint tea bags
  3. ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  4. 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
  5. 2 cups white sugar
  6. 2 eggs, separated
  7. 1 ¼ cups sour cream
  8. 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  9. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  10. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  11. ½ cup mini chocolate chips
  12. 1 tablespoon butter
  13. 2 tablespoons half-and-half, or more as needed
  14. ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
  15. ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  2. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Steep tea bags in the water for 5 minutes. Squeeze tea bags over the saucepan and discard. Bring tea to a boil.
  3. Combine butter and chocolate in a large mixing bowl. Pour in the hot tea; whisk until melted. Beat in sugar and egg yolks using an electric mixer.
  4. Mix sour cream and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Add to the batter, mixing well. Mix in flour and baking powder.
  5. Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a plate. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  7. Make glaze while the cake is cooling. Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in half-and-half until blended. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners’ sugar and peppermint extract. Drizzle over cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 328 kcal
Carbohydrate 47 g
Cholesterol 49 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 4 g
Saturated Fat 10 g
Sodium 176 mg
Sugars 32 g
Fat 16 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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