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Shamrock Cutout Pound Cake

Name: Shamrock Cutout Pound Cake
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 1 loaf (16 slices)
Ingredients: 2 packages (16 ounces each) pound cake mix; 10 drops green food coloring; 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract; GLAZE:; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract; 3 to 5 teaspoons 2% milk

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16 Reviews

Total Time:Prep: 1 hour Bake: 50 min. + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Angela Lively, Conroe, Texas

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Updated on Mar. 22, 2023

My son Gabriel loves surprises inside cakes, like seeing a shamrock when this cake is sliced. Everyone wants to know how it’s done. — Angela Lively, Spring, Texas

Editor's Note: Remaining pound cake may be cubed and served in dessert dishes, layered with warm fudge sauce. Top with chopped mint Andes candies.

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Shamrock Cutout Pound Cake

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Yield:1 loaf (16 slices)

Prep:1 hour

Cook:50 min

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Ingredients

2 packages (16 ounces each) pound cake mix
10 drops green food coloring
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
glaze:

1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
3 to 5 teaspoons 2% milk

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Directions

1
Preheat oven according to package directions. Grease a 9x5-in. loaf pan. Prepare one package cake mix according to package directions, adding food coloring and extract before mixing batter. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake and cool as package directs.

2
Cut cooled cake into 1-in.-thick slices. Cut slices with a 2-1/2-in. shamrock-shaped cookie cutter (save remaining cake for another use). Stand shamrock slices at an angle in a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan.
3
Prepare remaining cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter around and over shamrock slices. Bake and cool as package directs.
4
For glaze, in a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Pour glaze over cake, allowing some to flow over sides.