I had a ton of guests around last week, so I used the occasion as an excuse to make my favorite sinfully wonderful cake.
I invented this recipe myself and it all started because I don’t really like chocolate. I know, I know, it’s crazy, but it’s true. I like sour fruity desserts, chocolate doesn’t thrill me, unless it’s hot chocolate which I could drink in place of water. I am a connoisseur of hot chocolate, and my very favorite is Mexican Hot Chocolate because they add a ton of cinnamon to an otherwise somewhat bitter taste.
So I made a Mexican Hot Chocolate Cake. Here’s the recipe:
For Cake:
1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
3/4 Cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 Cup cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 Cup sour cream
1/3 Cup water
2 tsp vanilla
1 Cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 Cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
For Frosting:
3/4 Cup unsalted butter, softened
1 Cup cream cheese, whipped
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 Cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
Make Cake:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9″ round cake pans.
Into a bowl, sift together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together sour cream, water, and vanilla.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in batches alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating until batter is blended well.
Divide batter between pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Make frosting:
In a bowl with electric mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add all the other ingredients, and beat until combined well.
If you leave the melted chocolate out of the frosting and cut back on a little of the sugar, you’re left with a really yummy cinnamon buttercream frosting that I think would be delightful on a spice cake or a pumpkin cake.
This looks SO delicious, I'll definitely be trying this, thanks for sharing the recipe! I came upon your blog just before Christmas, I can't even remember how, but I found your tutorial on the quilled snowflake and thought it was so pretty, so I made one and couldn't believe how cool it looked and how really simple it was. I linked to it on my blog yesterday, hopefully some friends will try it, too.