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Chocolate Cake with Mexican Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the Chocolate Cake:
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cake flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¾ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened but still cool
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt (sour cream may be substituted)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • subheading: For the Mexican Chocolate Frosting:
  • 12 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli)
  • 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur (I used Kahlua), optional
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  • subheading: For the Candied Serrano Peppers:
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Serrano peppers, sliced
  • subheading: Additionally:
  • cinnamon sticks, for garnish
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