Not so long ago, I found some vintage
cake forks… and when you find cake forks
then you have to make cake right?
Last week, I decided I was going to make
my favourite sweet treat… mint aero traybake.
It’s chocolate-y, biscuit-y,
mint fondant-y, and
mint aero-y.
Two places in Edinburgh make it
but I struggled to find a recipe
so I’ve tried to backwards process it.
Not sure I have it quite right yet but
oh my, it still tastes pretty amazing!
If you fancy trying it, you need:
250g butter
200g milk chocolate
200g white chocolate
250g of crushed digestive biscuits
200g of mint Aero chocolate
3 tablespoons of Golden Syrup
300g icing sugar
Green food colouring (8 drops or to colour)
Peppermint extract (12 drops or to taste)
And here’s the how to:
To make the base, melt the milk chocolate,
100g butter and Golden Syrup together.
Crush the digestives then add to the melted choc mix.
Pour into a tray, put it in the fridge and let it set.
Then make up the peppermint layer…
‘cream’ together 150g butter and 300g icing sugar.
Then add the peppermint essence and colouring.
Smooth onto your set base with a spoon.
Then melt your white chocolate…
and pour on top of your peppermint layer.
Break up your mint Aero bar and
stick the pieces into the white chocolate.
Leave to set. (And feel free to lick any spoons!)
Cut into pieces and enjoy with a cuppa.
(And yes, you may need help to finish a bit!)
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If you try it, let me know.
Or if you have any suggestions
for how to make the peppermint layer
more ‘solid’ than soft, do tell.
P.S. Been trying some new things with layouts
recently, hope you like them. Attempting to
get to grips with photoshop finally!
It looks amazing and I will definitely have to give it a go! Yum!
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Ooh looks good. Maybe more of a peppermint cream recipe would give you a solid layer in the middle? Something like this? http://domestikated.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/
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Oh good idea domestikate! Will definitely give that a go next time… the minty part is my fav bit so want to get it right (the other half likes the choc/biscuit bit best!) x
Conversation Pieces recently posted..My mint aero traybake recipe
That looks gooood… Don’t think we have mint aero chocolate around here though!
You’re missing out Iris! I could always post you some if you’re tempted to try making it (would at least stop me from eating one more bar!) 😉 x
beautiful china…gorgeous cup ans saucer x
This sounds amazing. Mint chocolate anything is always a winner for me. I would be tempted to make the middle mint cream layer with cream cheese instead of butter. Mmmmm!
Dear Zoe,
A cake fork with a knife bit on the side is infact called a knork. :D. Also, Bravo for working on thsi, as the Aero cake is indeed amazing!
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I did not know that Lisa-Marie! I knew a spoon-fork was a spork but never heard of a knork… you learn something new every day 🙂
I made Dave google it when we were in T Ann Cake. We giggled like children at our ‘pair of knorks’.
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Oh my days, this cake looks divine! And the perfect mint trimmed plate for it to on too! Yum!x
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Should not have looked at this before lunch! Want some now!! xx
@Convo_Pieces that sounds incredible!
@Convo_Pieces my teeth ache just looking at that!
@Convo_Pieces There are no words to effectively communicate just how much I wish I was eating that right now.
@Convo_Pieces *looks* oh lordy. that looks soo goooood #chocolateisbetterthancrack
Good lord, I think you may have just tempted me over to the way of the Mint Aero! Definitely something I shall be making over the weekend.
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This looks amazing–everything I love in one cake!
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oh my god. i can’t look. i am obsessed with mint aero. i noticed you pinned some cupcakes or something the other day. i have the little mint aero bubbles in the fridge as bribery for the boys and i can never walk past that fridge without having one. i mean never. i’m going to have one now. bye.
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Francesca, this comment made me smile so much! Yeah I was pinning mint aero things… that was me trying to find a recipe (and failing) for this, but I can now make mint aero cupcakes too. 🙂
Wow! That looks so good and sweet. Yum!
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This is such an amazing recipe!!! Thanks so much for sharing it. I absolutely love mint aero but pretty much everyone I know thinks it’s horrible! Of course if I made this I would have to eat it all to myself – i think somehow I’d manage!
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This sounds amazing and I will definitely be trying it!
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O.M.G……..!
Nina xxxxxx
I could definitely go for this! (Lent is crippling me. One. More. Day.)
Your photos are lovely. The picture side of things is definitely the weaker part of my blog, but I am trying to make more of an effort. Although I don’t have photoshop and am just mucking about with effects on Picasa.
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Perfect plate to set it off too x
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I really want to eat/ make this, but as M is not a fan of mint based food will have to save it for when i am having friends round or eat it all myself (and that looks dangerous)
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I made this for my family today and it is blow-your-head-off sweet yet also omg this tastes like heaven delicious. Thank you for sharing – I would never have considered a mint aero tray bake otherwise 🙂
Wow, Rebecca! I am *so* chuffed you made the traybake (and liked it!) That’s made my day 😀 x
Your styling is just gorgeous, Zoe. I have a soft spot for tea plates, especially mismatched ones, and the one you chose for the first photo is just perfect. Love the feel of this post! That mint green is killer.
Also… mint aero. Yes.
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Nom nom nom! Looks like an absolute taste explosion!! Especially with the added white chocolate. White chocolate and mint are soooo good together, I don’t know why it’s not done more often! I have to say, my all time favourite treat from growing up is a peppermint slice! Particularly the ones with added crushed cornflakes in the base. Though I’m sad to say that it’s not often I come across them anymore so it’s nice to see other people showing their mutual love for them! I haven’t attempted a recipe for this before but I’ve just had a wee look at tips for making the peppermint layer more solid and a few people have said that you need to leave the layer for something mad like 24 hrs to set in a cool dry place and that maybe the fridge isn’t the best option due to moisture. You haven’t specified where you leave it to set so you’re probably already doing this. Also, maybe leave the peppermint layer to dry first before adding the chocolate layer. If I give it a go I’ll let you know! Anywhoo, lovely post as always! xx
Thanks Laura 🙂 Never heard of the peppermint cornflakey slice before! Sounds like one to try 🙂 We left the traybake to set on the worktop… but we definitely didn’t wait 24 hours before trying it! 😉 Think we might have waited about 2 hours or something like that! (Need to work on my patience obviously!) 😉
Sounds fantastic – could you make a mint chocolate mousse layer to make it a bit less sweet? mmmm x
Looks yummy. Gonna give it a try.I’ll make these as my own.
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wow that looks amazing! is it possible to crave chocolate whilst eating it?! (me right now!). I don’t think I’d have trouble polishing off one of those – I have such a sweet tooth! thanks for the recipe idea. x
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Well that has CLEARLY turned out better than my attempts at cake-baking yesterday – looks DIVINE!!!! Plates also look pretty wonderful!
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this looks heavenly! definitely want to give this mint tray bake a go
x kat
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Oh yum!!! I’m going to have to try this for sure. I love your vintage plates, and your pics, and well all of it actually! Gorgeous!
Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Can’t wait to try it. I have made this fudge before, it might make a nice middle layer http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.be/2012/11/peppermint-cookie-fudge.html?m=1
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