{"id":2501,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:58","slug":"pepper-mint-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pepper-mint-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepper Mint Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 C. cake flour; sifted<br \/>\n1 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1\/3 C. vegetable shorting; softened<br \/>\n1\/4 C. granulated sugar replacement<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n2 ounces baking chocolate; melted<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. peppermint oil<br \/>\n2 tsp. vanilla extract<br \/>\n1\/2 C. unflavored milk<br \/>\n1\/4 C. skim milk<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Cream shortening and sugar replacement until  light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add chocolate, peppermint oil and vanilla and  blend thoroughly. Beat in yogurt. Add flour mixture and milk alternately in small  amounts. Beat well after each addition. Pour batter into two well-greased 9 inch pans or  one 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tests done.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.&quot; (Romans 8:28)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pepper-mint-cake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}