St. Patrick's Day Cake Recipe

Deliciously Green Pudding Cake Recipe For St. Patrick's Day

Ingredients:

1 package yellow cake mix
1 package (3-4 ounces) pistachio instant pudding/pie filling
4 eggs
1 cup water
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
8 drops green food coloring
1 package (8 squares) semi-sweet chocolate, chopped or chunked
20 chocolate covered thin mint candies

Instructions:

Set the oven temperature to 350°F and allow the oven to heat up while mixing the cake. Dump the cake mix and the pudding mix together into a large mixing bowl. Break the eggs into the mix. Pour in the water and canola oil. Add the peppermint extract and the green food coloring. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 4-1/2 minutes. Fold the chopped chocolate into the batter.

Grease and flour a large rectangular baking pan being sure to shake out any excess flour. Spread the batter evenly into the pan. Place in oven and bake 40 minutes or until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Carefully place the chocolate covered mint candies on the top of the baked cake in a single layer. Return the cake to oven to bake an additional 3 minutes or just until the candy has just begun to melt -- no longer. Remove the cake from the oven and use a rubber spatula to evenly spread the melted candy over the top of the cake like icing. Let the cake cool to room temperature before cutting pieces.

If your cake mix already has pudding in it, cut your water amount down to 3/4 of a cup. You can save time on chopping the chocolate by using 1-1/2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chunks.

Makes about 15 servings.

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