Thin Mint Cookie Cake

Recipe Ingredients

6 oz	170g	Butter
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
1		Thin mint cookies
		(1 cup crumbs for cake)
		(1 cup crumbs for topping)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cocoa
1/3 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Cake flour
8		Eggs - separated
8 oz	227g	Chocolate
1/4 cup	59ml	Heavy cream

Recipe Instructions

Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Add cocoa and a cup of Thin Mint cookie crumbs. Add flour and mix until just combined.

Whip egg whites until stiff but not dry/ Fold egg whites into batter.

Bake in 9" pan at 350F for 35 minutes. Allow to cool with for 15 minutes, then remove from pan. Cool on wire rack.

Top cake with chocolate cream (8 oz. chocolate melted with 1/4 cup heavy cream) Top chocolate cream with 1 cup Thin Mint cookie crumbs. Finish with powdered sugar.

Source:
The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969. Chapter on Abraham and Mar

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