Come armed with this decadent and unique holiday cake that is sure to charm any tea-loving hostess.
Cake Ingredients:
8 Numi Organic Moroccan Mint Tea Bags
1 C Water
½ C Organic Valley Unsalted Butter (softened)
3 oz. Alter Eco Deep Dark Blackout Organic Chocolate Bar
2 C Wholesome Sweetener Organic Cane Sugar
2 Organic Valley Eggs (Separated)
1 ¼ C Organic Valley Sour Cream
1 ½ tsp Organic 365 Baking Soda
2 C Organic King Arthur All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Organic 365 Baking Powder
Cake Directions:
- Preheat Oven to 350F (175 degrees C)
- Grease and flour a bundt pan.
- Bring water to a boil. Steep 8 Numi Moroccan Mint Tea Bags in the water for 5 minutes. Squeeze tea bags into cup and discard.
- Combine butter and chocolate in large mixing bowl. Pour hot tea over butter and chocolate and 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 glass or metal bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (about 50 minutes).
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes and invert onto a plate.
- Let cool completely (40 minutes).
- Make galze while the cake id cooling. Melt Chocolate chips and butter together in small saucepan over low heat.
Stir in half and half until blended. - Remove from heat, stir in powdered sugar and peppermint extract. Drizzle glaze over cake.
Glaze Ingredients:
½ C 365 Semi Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips
1 TBLS Organic Valley Unsalted Butter
2 TBLS Organic Valley Half and Half (or more as needed)
½ C 365 Organic Powdered Sugar
¼ tsp Simply Organic Peppermint Extract
Glaze Directions:
Melt chocolate chips and butter in a small saucepan on low heat.
Slowly blend in half and half.
Whisk in powdered sugar and peppermint extract until smooth.
Drizzle on cooled cake.
Garnish Ingredients:
Organic Fresh Mint Leaves
3 oz. Alter Eco Deep Dark Blackout Organic Chocolate Bar
4.7oz Dark Chocolate Mint Bark Thins
Garnish Ingredients:
Organic Fresh Mint Leaves
3 oz. Alter Eco Deep Dark Blackout Organic Chocolate Bar
Garnish Directions:
- Pull individual whole mint leaves from bunch and lay flat on parchment papered baking sheet.
- Cut chocolate bar into small pieces and melt in small saucepan on low heat.
- Dip front side of mint leaf (at center point of leaf) into melted chocolate and drag toward you to cover leaf; lifting up and out of the sauce pan.
- Turn leaf over and repeat on backside of the leaf. Place dipped leaf on parchment paper and repeat.
- Place baking sheet into freezer for 20 minutes and serve on cake slices.