after dinner mint icing
(2 ratings)
I came up with this recipe by accident when some mint icing I made tasted too "toothpastey". Add some unsweetened chocolate, and hey presto, you've got a delicious after dinner mint taste that goes well with any chocolate based cake! Mmmm...
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(2 ratings)
yield
30 cupcakes
prep time
10 Min
Ingredients For after dinner mint icing
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2 ozunsweetened baking chocolate
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1/2 cbutter or margarine (softened)
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4 cconfectioners' sugar
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1/8 tspsalt
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1 tspmint extract
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4 Tbspmilk or cream
How To Make after dinner mint icing
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1Melt chocolate in microwave at a medium heat, stirring every 30 seconds until almost melted. It will continue to melt after being removed from the microwave, so don't overcook it. Leave that to cool for 5 minutes.
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2Beat butter/margarine with, 2 cups of confectioners sugar until fluffy. Add salt, mint extract, milk/cream, melted chocolate, and the remaining 2 cups of sugar; and beat on high speed until well blended.
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3This should give you a perfect piping consistency. Add more or less milk/cream to meet your particular cake decorating needs.
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