I agreed to do a wedding cake for this weekend- it's a St. patty's day wedding. It is to be a 3 tiered chocolate cake with a chocolate mint filling. I don't want to use liqueur as I don't know if children will be eating this or not. Any ideas? I was almost thinking of choclate pudding with a mint creamer added in, but not sure that is stable enough for tiers. I could do a chocolate mint buttercream- but that seems so plain to me. This is my first wedding cake, but not my first tiered cake- and I really want this to go well. I refuse to spend hours making a filling- so it needs to be somewhat simple. I did find one recipe using mint chocolate creamer- but can't find it in stores around my area...Help~ ideas, please!

ANYONE??

I've use andes mint chips before in filling and it worked wonderfully - a bit strong, but good.

You can make a mousse. I package of mint pudding mix with whipping cream. I don't know if there is a choc mint pudding out there. But it is a thought.

I use peppermint oil from the candy making aisle. Add a few drops to chocolate ganache or other filling. Be careful...it is strong.

I would have to search for it but there was a thread about Loann's mint flavor.

I essence they say it works well with just a little drop at a time. Maybe use it in the White Chocolate Butter Cream recipe.

just a suggestion HTH.

There's a recipe on here called Cookies and Cream. Instead of using oreos, you could use Hershey's chocolate mint cookies or York cookies or any mint chocolate flavored cookie that you can find. HTH.

i would use the recipe that you all ready have just b-cuz you all ready know how to make it and i little bit of liqueur wont affect ne one

Good ideas- thanks. Does anyone know if pudding is thick/stable enough to use as a filling for stacked tiers?

You could also try a mint flavoring from the coffee aisle. I've done that with raspberry. Just be sure to check if it contains sugar already. If it does, you'd have to adjust the amount of sugar you use in the rest of the filling.

Also, don't they make a mint extract or flavoring for baking, like a vanilla extract?

Mickig

I would be afraid to use pudding. It would be very slippery.

You could add peppermint syrup (like the syrups you add to latte's) to your buttercream and even tint it green for your filling.
Jacqui

hmm.. what about Girl Scout Thin Mints crushed up into buttercream? Hmm I may have to try that too.