#BundtBakers ~ Chocolate Glazed Thin Mint Bundt Cake

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This month we were given the assignment of making a Girl Scout cookie inspired bundt cake - and since I just recently made a mini Samoa bundt cake recipe, I automatically went to my next favorite flavor: Thin Mints! They are a classic, and I love anything with chocolate and mint together.

I finally had the chance to try out my new Stained Glass Bundt Cake pan and love it! I think the cake turned out so very pretty.

This cake is perfect - make sure you heavily grease your bundt pan before filling - I didn't have any issues with my larger bundt cake sticking because I triple sprayed the pan, but I did have issues with three out of four of my mini-bundt pans sticking when it was time to remove them from the pan because I didn't spray them as heavily (I'm guessing that's why they stuck, at least)!

This is a tender, light, and moist chocolate cake and the thin mints add both a lovely touch of mint flavor to the cake, and a nice crunchy crust along the bottom. It is a delicious combination!

The fudgy chocolate glaze and dusting of thin mint cookies on top just sends this one over the top. It is delicious. Perfect to eat just as it is, or with a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream. This would be a wonderful treat to pack to take with you for lunch at work, send with your hungry teenager in his school lunch, serve to your coworkers, or of course your family for dessert! Lots of great options for this delicious and versatile bundt cake.

Enjoy all of these amazing Girl Cookie inspired cakes!

• Brown Sugar Coconut Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache from Tux at Brooklyn Homemaker
• Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Mini Bundt Cakes from Renee at Magnolia Days
• Chocolate Mint Bundt Cake from Teri at The Freshman Cook
• Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake from Anshie at Spice Roots
• Cranberry Lemon Bundt Cake from Jelena at A Kingdom for a Cake
• Do Si Do Mini Bundts from Anne at From My Sweet Heart
• Double Glazed Peanut Butter & Chocolate Fudge Bundt from Laura at Baking in Pyjamas
• Golden Nut Bundt (Juliettes Bundt) from Tammy at Living the Gourmet
• Lemon Bundt Cake with Lemonade Frosting from Anna at Media Racion Doble, Por Favor
• Lemon Yogurt Bundt Cake with Limoncello Glaze from Pam at Sidewalk Shoes
• Lemonade Bundt from Jane at Jane's Adventures in Dinner
• Lemonade Bundt Cake from Esti at Mummy & Cute
• Marbled Samoa Bundt Cake from Patricia at Patty's Cake
• Mini Samoa Bundt Cakes from Andrea at Adventures in All Things Food
• Mini Vanilla Bundt Cakes with Lemon Drizzle from Kathya at Basic N Delicious
• Mint Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake from Sarah at The Chef Next Door
• Mint Filled Coconut Vanilla Bundt from Shilpi at Simply Veggies
• Peanut Butter Tagalong Bundt Cake from Mary Ellen at That's My Home
• Peppermint & Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake from Lara at Tartacadabra
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Bea and Mara at I Love Bundt Cakes
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Jana at Jenny and Sweets
• Samoas Bundt Cake from Aisha at La Cocina de Aisha
• "Savannah Smiles" Lemony Bundt Cake from Samantha at Un Mordisco Un Pecado
• Spiked Lemonade Bundt from Kelly at Passion Kneaded
• Tagalong Cookie Core Bundt from Julie at Eat, Drink, Be Mighty
• Thin Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake from Rebekah at Making Miracles
• Toffee-tastic Bundt Cake from Linda at Brunch with Joy
• Trios (Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip-Oat) Bundt from Stacy at Food Lust People Love
• What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? (Tagalong Bundt Cake) from Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Whole Grain Oats Bundt {Rah-Rah Raisins} from Rocio at  KidsandChic

Chocolate Glazed Thin Mint Bundt Cake adapted from All You Need Is Love

Ingredients

Cake
1 cup of water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
5 TBS unsweetened cocoa
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup brewed coffee, room temp or cold
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 sleeve of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies, roughly chopped

Topping
Chocolate Fudge Glaze (recipe below)
4 Thin Mint cookies, crushed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease a flour a 12 cup bundt pan (I generously spray mine with Baker's Joy - I used a 9 cup bundt pan and filled 4 1-cup bundt compartments as well).
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt.
3. In a saucepan combine the water, oil and butter. Once butter is melted, stir in the cocoa powder until dissolved. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 minute and then remove from heat and stir into the flour mixture.
4. Add the milk, coffee, and baking soda. Whisk until incorporated. Add the eggs and continue mixing until incorporated. Gently fold in the cookies and then pour into your prepared bundt pan. 
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until toothpicks inserted comes out clean (if you use mini bundts, they will need about 20 - 25 minutes). 
6. Cool in pan for at least an hour before inverting carefully onto a serving plate. 
7. After cake is cool and you have removed it from the pan, prepare the glaze below and drizzle over the top and sides of the cake and then sprinkle 4 thin mints, crushed, over the top.

Chocolate Fudge Glaze adapted from Be Confectionate

Ingredients
1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
2 TBS butter
1 TBS cocoa
3 TBS milk
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Add the chocolate chips, butter, cocoa and milk to a small nonstick pan and heat over medium-low heat stirring constantly until ingredients have melted and combined into a smooth chocolate sauce. Remove from heat.  
2. Sift the powder sugar into the chocolate mixture and stir to combine until mixture is smooth and slightly thickened.  Let this sit on the counter for 15 minutes, and then stir in the vanilla.  
3. Proceed with instructions for topping the cake above.