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Chocolate Chili Arbol Spice Cake

Chocolate Chili Arbol Spice Cake

Photo by Judy at Two Broads Abroad

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate & Spice
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    Judy at Two Broads Abroad's Notes: While I was planning our annual tarot card reading party (an excuse to eat, drink and look to the future) the Food52 Chocolate-Chili challenge appeared. I thought this would be an opportunity...

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Makes 9 inch cake

  1. Line a 9 inch round baking pan with parchment paper. Grease sides of pan.

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  2. Add 4 oz of butter and whole chili arbol (it's important to keep the chili whole so that it doesn't get too spicy) to a sauce pan and melt. Add syrup and cook for 2 minutes. When combined, add sliced tangelos stir and cook for 5 minutes. Remove tangelo slices to the parchment papered baking pan. Arrange in a circular pattern. Continue cooking the butter, chili and syrup until reduced to the hard crack stage or 10 more minutes. When the mixture is thick, pour on top of the sliced tangelos.

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  3. Whip 4 oz of butter and brown sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add egg, beat until fluffy.

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  4. In a separate bowl sift dry ingredients together. Then add to the butter/egg batter.

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  5. Combine espresso and molasses and add slowly to the batter. Once the liquids are incorporated and fully mixed fold in the melted chocolate. Pour batter on top of the tangelo slices and syrup.

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  6. Bake in a 350 oven for about 50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

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3 Comments on Chocolate Chili Arbol Spice Cake

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

Looks good, Judy - hope to see you at Camp Blogaway in May.

Img_1317neu2 Reply

looks gorgeous and sounds great!

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Thanks so much.

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