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You might remember that I received a huge boxful of chiles from Melissa's last week. I received around 14 packages of dried chiles! Three of those bags were ancho chiles and I decided to make my own chili powder. You can see how I did that here. What to do with over 8 oz of ancho chile powder?
I baked a chocolate cake.
Yes, spices blended with chocolate are delicious in many ways. I am sure I am going to share with you a new recipe for making mole and I am so excited about that. But first, the chocolate cake.
I have made spice cakes before and I truly love mixing spices to get the right amount of flavor for the type of cake I am making. I love experimenting and that's what I did with this cake and it was delicious. I made it easy, starting with a cake mix, but you bakers out there who have their own recipes for chocolate cake, make it homemade!
I have shown you before how to make a cake mix taste homemade. That's what I did here, using some of the techniques to get a better flavor on the cake.
Chocolate Ancho Cake with Coffee Whipped Cream
1 cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 c hot coffee
3 T ancho powder
1/2 c. cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 350. Pour cake into mixing bowl. Add coffee, mix until well blended. Let rest 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well before adding another. Add in oil, ancho, and cocoa powder. Beat for 4 minutes. Pour into a prepared bundt pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven. Let cool completely. Place a plate on the bottom of the bundt pan and swiftly turn over. You may need to shake the pan a bit to remove the cake. Make coffee whipped cream.
Coffee Whipped Cream
1 c confectioner's sugar
2 T milk
1/2 c cold coffee
1 c whipping cream
In a small bowl, add the sugar, milk and coffee, stir until completely blended. Whip cream to stiff peaks. Fold in sugar mixture. Pour over cake.
I seriously could eat the whipped cream on its own, but the cake is delicious, too. Enjoy your cake and eat it too!
