Mint Chocolate Cake

The same friend, also loves mint chocolate... so she also got this cake for her birthday (plus we have mutual friends with nut allergies, and I wanted to ensure they had some cake they could eat with out going into "nut shock". Yep. So here it is. A decadent chocolate cake filled with a mint filling between the layers and covered in a semi-sweet chocolate ganache. Only thing with the ganache is that sadly it doesn't hold as well as icing when a cake is moved, so you see a little of the mint green icing peeking out in places, but hey, it tasted great. The cake was incredibly moist. How you ask? Sour cream. I know. Who would think to put sour cream in a cake. I've had a few recipes that I have used that call for sour cream, and I have never been disappointed. The cake is always moist and delicious!

This cake was compared to a peppermint patty. So good!