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 cup water
- 6 peppermint tea bags
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 ¼ cups sour cream
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half, or more as needed
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
- 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.
- 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.
- Mix sour cream and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Add to the batter, mixing well. Mix in flour and baking powder.
- Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- 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.
- 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 |