Saturday, July 2, 2011

Peppermint Slice

The good thing about this slice is that it is pretty rich so you can't have too much of it at a time. It tastes like something you would purchase at a fancy cafe and it is so easy to make! The original recipe calls for real cream, but I didn't have any so I used coconut cream.

lightly adapted from Foodtown Magazine

Base
150g butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1½ cups flour
¼ cup cocoa
½ teaspoon baking powder


Filling


100g butter
1½ cups icing sugar
1½ tablespoons coconut cream
1 teaspoon peppermint essence
200g dark chocolate




Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line an 18cm x 28cm pan with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift in the flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix together until combined; I used my hands to mix in the last bits. Press the mixture into the base of the prepared pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes until firm. Set aside to cool.To make the filling, cream the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the coconut cream and peppermint essence. Spread the mixture evenly over the cooled base.  Put in freezer for 60 minutes.  You can refrigerate it but I found that when I did, the melted chocolate melted the peppermint filling a little and it didn't finish as well.  Melt chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water and spread over the peppermint filling evenly.



















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6 comments:

  1. Oh man, I want a piece of that. It's like one giant peppermint patty. Thanks for linking up to Sweets for a Saturday.

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  2. I pointed this out to my wife, who enoys baking more than I do (I tend to do the other cooking) and who loves mint chocolate, she made it today, it is going down very well, though will take us a while to eat... :)

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  3. I wish it took a while for us to eat, but I scoffed it far too fast!

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  4. I'm hoping it'll help my squat as it did yours.

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