Starlight Mint Cake Recipes

STARLIGHT MINT CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers. Cool cakes in pans 15 min. Pierce cakes with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals. Add boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour over cakes. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Reserve 5 mints for later use. Place 12 of the remaining mints, about 4 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheet. Bake 5 min. or until mints are melted and each spreads out to 1-1/2- to 2-inch circle. Cool completely before removing from parchment. Meanwhile, repeat with remaining 11 mints.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Blend 5 reserved mints in blender until finely crushed; place in small bowl. Stir in melted chocolate, sour cream and food coloring.
• Dip bottom of 1 cake pan in warm water 10 sec.; unmold onto serving plate. Spread cake with chocolate mixture. Unmold second cake layer; place on first layer. Frost with COOL WHIP. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Decorate with melted mints.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• Cream together the butter and Crisco.
• Add sugars and mix well. Add unbeaten eggs, water and vanilla and mix well.
• Blend in the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Chill dough.
• Open and unwrap the chocolate mint wafers (Eight O'Clock or Andres)
• Enclose each wafer in about 1 Tablespoon of dough and top each cookie with a walnut half.
• Place on ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in moderate oven (recipe says 375°)for 10-12 minutes. You might consider a moderate oven to be 350°.

NEW STARLIGHT CAKE, BETTY CROCKER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour pans.
• Measure all ingredients into large mixer bowl.
• Blend 1/2 minute on low speed, scrape bowl thoroughly.
• Beat 3 minutes at high speed, scraping occasionally.
• Pour into pan(s), one 9" x 13", two 8" or 9" layers. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.
• Frost if desired after completely cool.