Chocolate chile cake – Twice the recipes, twice the yum
So I couldn’t make up my mind which chocolate chile recipe to use and ultimately just made two separate cakes that were similar but were from different sources.
Awesome Cake #1 is from Janespice.
Awesome Cake #2 is from Kelsey’s Apple A Day.
Because this is the second…well, third…time I’m writing this post, you’ll be getting mostly pictures:
The main ingredients for both cakes….dried chile/chilli/chili peppers and mini Aero candy bars.
I was shocked by how many seeds were in 4 tiny peppers. The second is what they looked like after I roasted them for a bit.
Mmm, all ground up in a spice/coffee grinder.
Mmm, melting Aero bars. If you’ve never had one before, they’re all airy and full of bubbles in the middle, which is what you’re seeing in the main bar.
The mess from after making the first cake. I rinsed and repeated all over again while it was in the oven.
The second recipe called for ground up almonds. I don’t have a blender and the food processor was dirty, so I just went back to the spice grinder. Take note in the first picture that I didn’t clean it after grinding the peppers…only dumped out the pepper and went at it, which left my almond flour with a nice, peppery heat.
Mmm, egg whites. They’re not quite as peaky as I’d like, but it still worked.
Mess #2….looks about the same, huh? But you can tell they’re different because the batter colors are different.
The first cake is definitely more chocolatey, but you can tell the second was fluffier with the egg whites.
Cake #2 didn’t call for more chocolate, but you know….more chocolate was needed anyway.
I didn’t mix them in but just added them to the top before tossing it in the oven.
1. First cake in the pan. 2. First cake after I flipped t onto a cutting board while still warm. What? I needed the pan. :P 3. Third cake. Clicky if you want them bigger, but they’re nothing special.
I wanted to make a ginger icing to balance out the heat of the chile peppers, but honestly, neither one was very good, so I’m not even going to recommend either. It was a great idea, but not very good in the execution department.
Chocolate chile cake from Jane Spice
1 cup or 7oz. best quality cooking chocolate, I used 72% unsweetened chocolate (I obviously didn’t stick with this one, considering the quality of Aero chocolate, ha)
6 ⅓ tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (4 TB butter, 2 TB oil, because I was running short and had another cake to make still!)
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
½ teaspoon chili powder (Give or take…I tasted the batter and added more…also used fresh powder)
1 cup super fine sugar (Regular sugar here!)
3 eggs, separatedClicky her link for the baking instructions. I cooked mine an extra 5 minutes or so, and got a nice crispy edge.
Chocolate chile cake from Kelsey
I halved this recipe to make it about equal to the first2 TBSP ancho chile powder, divided
1 tablet (3 oz.) Mexican chocolate, coarsely chopped OR
3 oz. bittersweet chocolate plus 1 tsp. ground cinnamon (used Aero….so not quality, but worked)
1 c. blanched almonds, toasted
1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. Dutch process cocoa powder
1/2 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 c. granulated sugar, divided
6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
1 TBSP Kahlua or creme de cacao (used Kahlua)
1/4 tsp. pure almond extract (skipped this)
pinch saltVisit the link for the directions. Again, I ended up baking mine a bit longer, but that’s likely because I added chocolate bars to the mix.
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Lynn Gardner
February 8, 2012
Aero bars in a cake! Best idea, ever! (Millions of pounds of Christmas chocolate left at my house and everyone is sick of eating it).
Lisa~~
February 9, 2012
Great idea, I love chocolate and chili together.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Crazy Cooking Challenge entry: Double Chocolate Meyer Lemon Mousse Cake
Lisa~~
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Kristen
February 9, 2012
What a fun cake! I love chocolate with chiles.
Jennifer
February 12, 2012
I’ve never had this combination but it looks tasty!
Jen #79
Katherine Martinelli
February 25, 2012
Yum! I love the combo of chocolate and chili. Thanks for linking up to my pepper blog hop! Pinned :-)