This chocolate peppermint cake recipe is a 13×9 chocolate cake covered in melted York Peppermint Patties and old fashion, cooked chocolate frosting.

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Simple & Sinful Chocolate Peppermint Cake is bursting with sweet chocolate peppermint flavor and is so easy to make. It comes from First Baptist Huntsville’s Finest Recipes Cookbook (circa 1995).

Tools Used In Simple Chocolate Mint Cake

EASY CHOCOLATE MINT CAKE INGREDIENTS

13×9 Chocolate cake recipe ingredients:

All Purpose Flour – I sifted mine to get out all the little lumps.
Sugar
Cocoa
Ground Cinnamon
Butter
Water
Baking Soda
Eggs
Buttermilk
Vanilla Extract
10-14 ounces York Peppermint Patties (how pepperminty do you want it?)

Old Fashion, Cooked Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:

Butter
Milk
Powdered Sugar
Cocoa
Vanilla Extract

ultimate Christmas Cake recipe

This Chocolate Peppermint Cake is one I had seen in my home churches Finest Recipes Cookbook (First Baptist Church Huntsville, AL 1995) for years and never gave it a second glance. That changed several years ago when I needed a cake for Christmas, divinely found this chocolate mint cake recipe and made it.

It was an instant family favorite. Loved by both the kids and adults alike. It is now known simply as “The Cake” and is made at least once each Christmas season (Don’t tell, but we make it all year round).

york peppermint patty cake

Rich and luscious, this easy chocolate peppermint cake has a layer of melted York Peppermint Patties between the simple homemade chocolate cake and the amazing chocolate frosting. There’s even a hint of cinnamon in the cake that blends in deliciously.

This is literally a York Peppermint Cake or York Peppermint Sandwich Cake.

It’s so easy to make with simple from scratch ingredients. Plus, it is a great Holiday dessert for a crowd. This makes it perfect to serve at Christmas dinner or Thanksgiving.

Can you use a glass dish to bake a cake?

Do you have a 13×9 glass pan and wonder if you can use it for cake baking?

The answer is YES, if it’s labeled “Oven Safe”.

Bake in it just like you would a 13×9 metal pan. Your cake may just brown faster than in a shiny metal pan.

how to freeze chocolate cake with york peppermint patties

This cake is easy to freeze and freezes well. You can freeze it in slices or in the pan.

how to freeze cake slices

Tightly wrap each slice in plastic wrap.
Place in Ziploc freezer bag or wrap in aluminum foil.
Pull out of the freezer and thaw when you’re ready for a slice.

how to freeze cake in a pan

It’s best to wrap the entire pan in plastic wrap and then aluminum foil. However, if you’re like me and this is a bit much, you can cover the top in aluminum foil and place it in the freezer. I freeze a portion or all of this cake anywhere between a couple of days and a month like this and have always had success.

why make 13×9 peppermint chocolate cake recipe

This recipe is a tasty melody of classic chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and York Peppermint Patties. I hope you’ll add this chocolate peppermint treat to your Holiday recipe collection and then make it all year.