Dessert for 12
Mint Swirl Fudge Cake
A moist Bundt cake swirls mint and chocolate batter together, then gets a simple chocolate glaze.
Typical price
$2.61for 4 servings
$0.65 per serving$2.61 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
- 55 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 12servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 13 oz | $2.41Typical price |
| Cream cheese$0.30/oz typical | 3 oz | $0.90Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 3 | $0.90Typical price |
| Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 2 oz | $0.46Typical price |
| Marshmallows and candy$0.25/oz typical | a little | $0.00Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 7 oz | $3.15Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $7.82 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 package white cake mix
- 1 package (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons water
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup creme de menthe flavoring syrup or creme de menthe
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- green food coloring (optional)
- 2 tbsp baking cocoa
- 6 oz unsweetened chocolate
- 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 oz semisweet chocolate
- 2 1/2 tbsp water
- crushed spearmint candies (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 10-inch Bundt pan with cooking oil.
- Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, 1/2 cup water, cream cheese, oil, and eggs until smooth.
- Divide the batter between two bowls, then stir mint syrup, peppermint extract, and food coloring into one bowl.
- Melt the unsweetened chocolate, stir it with the cocoa into the other bowl, and spoon both batters into the pan in alternating layers.
- Swirl the batters gently with a knife and bake for 40 minutes, until the cake is set.
- Cool the cake for 15 minutes, then melt the semisweet chocolate with the remaining water and stir in the confectioners' sugar.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cake and sprinkle with crushed spearmint candies if using.
Swaps
- Heavy cream for Evaporated or condensed milkabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
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