When I told Miss5 that I was baking a Mexican chocolate cake she asked if it had tacos and beans in it. No, it doesn’t, but it does have one helluva kick. This comes courtesy of some spice that transform the sometimes overly sweet flavour of chocolate cake into a cake for grown-ups. I found the recipe on food.com and tweaked it.
Gather:
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 cup sugar
½ cup Dutch cocoa
1 cup cold water
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
splodge of vanilla
¼ canola oil
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line a round 20cm cake pan.
Put all ingredients into a bowl and mix with spoon until combined.
Scrap into cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes / until a skewer comes out clean.
Sit for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rake.
I dusted with icing sugar when cake was cold, or try serving with a rich chocolate glaze, as per the original recipe.
[See the original here: http://www.food.com/recipe/mexican-chocolate-cake-69917 ]
the hungry mum 
Nom! That sounds – and looks – gorgeous. Although I adore chocolate, chocolate cake is one of my least favourite cakes. I’m not entirely sure why that is; they always seem to be loaded with sugar, sugar, and topped off with more sugar. It’s more sugar than chocolate. But I think I’d like the taste of this cake.
Thanks 🙂 It has to be a *really* good chocolate cake to tempt me these days – everyday sponges, mud cakes and normal cakes just don’t float my boat. I love a soft centered oozy dark choc cake every so often but give me cheese over dessert any day 🙂
This looks and sounds delicious !!
Mexican choccy cake is my favourite. So damn good. I can’t wait to try this 🙂
Thanks! It is so easy to make yet packs a punch.
Mmmm so much spice and chocolate together 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Incredible! I love the combination of chocolate and pepper. I’m going to try this one!
Fantastic, what an easy but exciting recipe! I’d love to make this.
So easy yet so zingy! Hope you got a chance to make it x
Sounds scrumptious! And just my speed on the baking skills level…cannot wait to try it!
Cheers! And as far as I’m concerned, an easy cake = a good cake 🙂
😉 😉
Reblogged this on FICKLEosophy and commented:
Finally a recipe that does not diminish my elementary baking skills – but celebrates them with simplicity of skill and ingredient! Thanks The Hungry Mum! Ummmm…what’s a splodge – a word I can get obsessed about!
This looks great!!
Cheers Lilly Sue.
This one has my name on it. Can’t get enough of Lindt chilli dark chocolate, so cayenne pepper in a chocolate cake sounds amazing.
Ohh, have never tried that Lindt but I’m a huge Lindt fan. We’re lucky enough to have a Lindt cafe nearby – swooooon.
I have now made this cake … very good, photos later 😀
Wonderful! Glad to hear, and can’t wait to see the photos 🙂
Go have a look, it was really good
WOW!! Super way fancier than my humble version!
Yeah but only because I was selling it, when we made cakes just for us at home we’d be more concerned about leaving enough for when Dad got home than, what it looked like. It is still really all about the taste and I bet your tasted great 🙂
You’re too sweet 🙂
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Looks great! Maybe you could try making Miss5 a cake with black beans and/or chickpeas – very Mexican! hehe
If it was smothered in cheese I’m sure she’d wolf it down x
She’d love that 😃
Love your blog. Will definitely have to try some of this yumminess! Thanks for visiting.
Oooh, thank you 🙂
So easy and so inviting!
And so delish! Thanks for popping by.
I’m a fan of the Max Brenner Mexican chocolate do this definitely appeals to me in terms of flavours & spices. I absolutely love cocoa as an ingredient for chocolate cakes. So often I make one (which folks can’t believe) has no ‘actual’ chocolate inside too!
I love Mexican chocolate… adding in some cinnamon gives yet another layer of Mexican goodness 🙂 I made my husband some truffles for our first Valentines Day after we married with cayenne and cinnamon added to the chocolate. It was hard to restrain myself and leave it for him. This cake recipe sounds fantastic and I’m looking forward to trying it.
ooooh, those truffles sound amazing! I adore cinnamon & think it marries with choc so well. Let me know how you go with the cake 🙂
What a perfect day! Pass the snow – is going to be 31C here tomorrow 😦