Mexican Chocolate Chilli Cakes. In our new series of exclusive cake recipes, everyone's favourite bakes are given a new twist with unexpected ingredients. Warming cinnamon and a spicy hint of chilli transform this indulgent chocolate cake into a truly autumnal treat. A classic chocolate sponge spiced up with fresh and dried chilli.
This Mexican chocolate cake is the richest, most moist chocolate cake you've ever had, kicked up with cinnamon and a hint of cayenne pepper!
Easy to make as a sheet cake and topped with to-die-for cinnamon buttercream.
I am in grave danger of slipping into hyperbole in my efforts to describe this.
You can cook Mexican Chocolate Chilli Cakes using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mexican Chocolate Chilli Cakes
- Prepare 75 g of dairy free chocolate.
- Prepare 70 ml of dairy free milk.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of dried chilli flakes.
- It's 120 g of gluten free self raising flour.
- You need 60 g of caster sugar.
- It's 65 ml of vegetable oil.
- It's 1 of egg.
The cake layers are just regular chocolate (adapted from the most popular recipe on Baking a Moment) and all the magic happens in the frosting. To make these filled doughnuts, you'll need a special pan. But don't fret if your kitchen isn't equipped with such an apparatus, simply make them like. Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies - Thick and chewy chocolate cookies loaded with chocolate chips, and spiced with cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and chilli powder!
Mexican Chocolate Chilli Cakes directions
- Preheat the oven to 170 oC Grease and line a 6″ round cake tin or six individual mini cake tins Melt the chocolate then stir in the milk and chilli flakes.
- Stir in the caster sugar and oil In another bowl whisk the egg Stir in the flour and chocolate mix Pour into the cake tin.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes for a large cake or 20 minutes for individual cakes Remove from the oven and cake tin Allow to cool completely Dust with cocoa powder and a couple of chilli flakes.
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