Mint Whipped Cream Food

CHOCOLATE MINT-WHIPPED CREAM CAKE RECIPE (1968)

Steps:

• Start this recipe by heating the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour three 8-inch layer-cake pans.
• Sift flour, soda, salt, and baking powder together; set aside.
• Beat butter or margarine, sugar, and eggs, at high speed in large bowl of electric mixer about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Combine cocoa and water.
• Add flour mixture alternately with cocoa mixture at low speed, beginning and ending with flour. Beat just until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.
• While the cakes cool, make the filling: combine cream, sugar, peppermint extract, and enough food coloring to tint a pale green in medium-size bowl.
• Whip just until soft peaks form using rotary beater or electric mixer.
• Place one cake layer on cake plate.
• Spread half the whipped-cream filling over layer.
• Place second cake layer over filling; spread with remaining filling. Top with third layer.
• Refrigerate 1 hour to allow whipped cream to become more firm.
• Finally, make the frosting; starting by combining melted chocolate, sugar, and hot water in small bowl.
• Beat until smooth and well blended.
• Add egg, butter or margarine, and vanilla.
• Continue to beat until frosting is thick.
• Set bowl of frosting in ice water.
• Beat with wooden spoon until frosting is of spreading consistency

CHOCOLATE MINT WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Whip cream till peaks form.
• Add extract and chocolate sauce.

STRAWBERRIES WITH MINT WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring sugar, mint, and 2 tablespoons water to a boil.
• Remove from heat; steep 15 minutes.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a measuring cup, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible.
• Discard solids.
• Let cool (makes about a cup).
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks form.
• Gently fold in cup of a syrup (store any remaining syrup); if needed, re-whip cream to stiffen.
• Starting with strawberries, spoon alternating layers of strawberries and cream into four serving glasses. (You can use martini glasses or champagne flutes.).
• Top each with a mint sprig and chopped toasted almonds (optional).
• *You can also use the mint syrup to sweeten iced tea or lemonade. For a bracing cocktail, add a splash to a glass filled with seltzer, vodka, and lemon.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES WITH MINT AND WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Make biscuits:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Blend flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in processor 5 seconds. Add butter. Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1 cup cream and orange peel. Process just until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball; gently knead 5 turns. Roll out dough on floured surface to 3/4-inch-thick round. Using 3-inch-diameter cutter, cut out 3 rounds. Gather dough and reroll as needed to make 3 more 3-inch rounds. Arrange rounds on prepared sheet. Brush with 2 tablespoons cream; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake biscuits until pale golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. (Can be made 2 hours ahead.)
• Make berries and cream:
• Combine berries, 1/2 cup sugar, mint, and orange peel in medium bowl; stir to blend. Let stand at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Combine cream, vanilla, and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar in large bowl. Whisk until soft peaks form.
• Cut biscuits horizontally in half. Place 1 biscuit bottom in each of 6 bowls. Top each with berries, then sweetened whipped cream and biscuit top.

MINT WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Beat cream, sugar and peppermint extract in large bowl until stiff peaks form.