Recipe of the month (kinda): Minty fresh

Remember last month, when I mentioned that if I have a decorating idea, but no real plan for flavor, I just use the same recipe? Well, that happened already this month.

So, there really isn’t a recipe to accompany the picture this month. But, the picture is fun, so all is good!

After the cake was out of the oven I had the brilliant idea of crushing some mints and mixing them in the batter. So, if you decide to try this cake, consider doing that. I am sure it would be awesome, I just had my stroke of genius too late to try it out.

The frosting is just a basic buttercream (1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup Crisco, 4 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, a splash of milk), and the decorations are pretty self explanatory. There are also some crushed mints with the frosting in between the layers. That seemed to add just the right amount of zing to the cake.

All in all, it turned out great. Or, at least the people at our event thought it did-for the second month in a row, I had no leftovers to bring home.