marble mint & chips layer cake

Name: Marble Mint & Chips Layer Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 box(es) pillsbury white cake mix ( or mix of your choice); 3 large eggs room temperature; 1/3 cup(s) oil; 1 cup(s) green river soda, or other lemon lime soda; 3/4 cup(s) mini chocolate chips; 2 teaspoon(s) peppermint extract; 1 small box lime jello gelatin; 1 small box pistachio pudding mix; 20 - drops green food color; ## IRISH I HAD A MINT-MINTY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 1 package(s) 8oz. cream cheese , room temperature; 1 box(es) 1 lb. powdered sugar; 1 stick(s) 4 oz. butter, softened; 1 teaspoon(s) peppermint extract; 2-3 tablespoon(s) irish cream liqueur; 4-6 - drops green food coloring (according to preference); 6-8 - andes mint candy pieces; - green sugar crystals (for garnish) optional; - mini chocolate chip pieces (for garnish) optional

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Rose Mary Mogan

Sauk Village, IL

Updated on Mar 21, 2013

I made this quick and easy cake mix as an extra dessert for our St Paddy's Day Dinner menu. I made it mainly because it was quick and I had so many other ambitious dinner items on the menu to prepare, and merely wanted to add an extra dessert that was quick and easy and this was my quick solution.. I topped the cake with a homemade frosting and gave it that extra special flavor, and it was such a cool minty flavor. Just used the ingredients I had on hand to come up with this dessert.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 8-10 depending on portion size

Ingredients

1 box pillsbury white cake mix ( or mix of your choice)
3 large eggs room temperature
1/3 cup oil
1 cup green river soda, or other lemon lime soda
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
1 small box lime jello gelatin
1 small box pistachio pudding mix
20 - drops green food color
IRISH I HAD A MINT-MINTY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 package 8oz. cream cheese , room temperature
1 box 1 lb. powdered sugar
1 stick 4 oz. butter, softened
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
2-3 tablespoons irish cream liqueur
4-6 - drops green food coloring (according to preference)
6-8 - andes mint candy pieces
- green sugar crystals (for garnish) optional
- mini chocolate chip pieces (for garnish) optional

How To Make marble mint & chips layer cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. These are the 2 pans (9 X 9 inch) that I used to bake the cakes. You may also use an 8 inch ROUND PAN IF YOU LIKE, and cake will be taller in volumn. For this recipe I only needed 2 of these pans.

Step 2

Prepare cake according to directions on box.
Step 3

Add Peppermint Extract.
Step 4

Substitute Green River soda, or any Lemon Lime soda for the water.
Step 5

Add the Jello Pistachio pudding mix to the batter, as well as the mini chocolate chips.
Step 6

Divide batter in half into a separate bowl. Then add the box of Lemon Lime Jello.
Step 7

Add 20 drops of green food coloring to the bowl with the lime jello. Leaving other bowl as is.
Step 8

Alternate spoons of batter from each bowl to each pan, USING A SEPARATE SPOON FOR EACH BOWL.Blend till color is even.
Step 9

Smooth over top of batter in each pan with back of spoon to get the batter closer together if not already touching.
Step 10

Bake by package directions 350 degrees F, for me it was about 29 minutes.
Step 11

Prepare frosting by combining butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar, and beating till creamy. Then add the Irish Cream liqueur one tablespoon at a time till desired consistency is reached. adding a few drops of green food color till desired shade of green is reached.
Step 12

Frost cake between each layer, on top and sides.
Step 13

Top with garnish ingredients if desired. Green sugar crystals, mini chocolate chips, and andes mint candies.
Step 14

Cut and serve.
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