Spicy Chocolate Cake
 

This is a recipe I found in a book that I've wanted to try for a while. Unfortunately I'm not much of a cook. If anyone tries this, let me know if it's good. I can always con someone into cooking it for me! Hopefully someone will try it. It sounds pretty good to me!

Spicy Chocolate Cake
The chiles make the chocolate taste more intense. Try it, you'll like it!

Ingredients

CAKE
1 cup (6 ounces) NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, melted* and cooled
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 to 2 tablespoons diced jalapeños (optional)

*NOTE: Follow melting instructions on NESTLÉ package.

FROSTING
3 to 3 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened
2 packets (1 ounce each) NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE CHOCO BAKE Unsweetened Chocolate Flavor
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13 x 9-inch baking pan well.

FOR CAKE:
Beat granulated sugar, butter and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs; beat for 1 minute. Beat in melted chocolate. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; beat into chocolate mixture alternately with milk. Stir in jalapeños. Pour into prepared baking pan(s).

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan(s) for 20 minutes; invert onto wire rack(s) to cool completely.

FOR FROSTING:
Beat powdered sugar, milk, butter, Choco Bake, vanilla extract and salt in small mixer bowl until mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost cake.

Makes 12 servings.

*bump*

Just wondering if anyone got a chance to try this or was interested in trying it. Seems like a very interesting combination, but I still haven't gotten to try it.

...besides, it took me a while to type it up, so I didn't want it going to page two so soon. ;)

I wrote it down, ill give it a whirl tomorrow at work if i have time and let ya know how it went. Sounds like its just your basic chocolate cake with jalapenos in it but hey, its worth a shot, specially if its free heh.

Just saw this today, sounds very good, and I'll be giving this a try this weekend!

Tried it today at work. IMO it needs more jalapeno. Could barely taste it and i put 1 large one in ~1.5T minced. Good cake tho, just needs more heat.

More jalapeno, eh? Maybe a spicer pepper you think? Habanero maybe?

The Jalapeno had good flavor, when you happened to get a piece of cake that had it in there. I think just a larger amount, perhaps double what the recipe calls for, would do the trick.

I prefer habanero(fresh) for desserts. It has a fruitier flavor( a bit warm though). Jalapeno seem to be earthier and just a little oilier.

On the topic of choc. cake. Has anyone heard of a cake using saurkraut(No, I'm not joking)? I had it while in the service. The kraut is well rinsed and added for moisture. Wasn't bad at all. But wonder if it was an authentic recipe or whether we were just a captive audience.