Chocolate Spice Cake Recipe is sure to be your next favourite dessert. It is dense and rich because of the cocoa and chili powder, but you will still find it a bit on the lighter side because of the flour.
However, if you do not like spicy desserts, then this does not have to be an issue for you at all. This cake serves about six people, with each person only having about a quarter slice. So it is best to share with a few people.
The recipe serves 3-4, depending on what size cake you cut your slices into. The ingredients of this cake are cheap and readily available in any supermarket.
The only ingredient slightly more expensive, but not much more, is cocoa powder. The spices contained in the chili powder can be purchased at any supermarket or spice shop. One spice used here is a curry which can also be purchased at any supermarket or grocery store.
How to make Chocolate Spice Cake Recipe?
- prepare Time: 15 minutes
- cooking Time: 50 minutes
- Total time: 1 hour 5 min
- Serving size: 6 people
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder [preferably organic]
- 1 3-inch piece of cinnamon stick
- 2 tablespoons chili powder [preferably a spicy chili powder, not too much!]
- 1 1/4 cups flour [all-purpose flour is OK]
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder [soda or baking soda is the best]
- 2 teaspoons salt. Salt is optional but recommended.
- 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla extract [optional]
- 1 cup of sugar [white cane sugar is best]
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oil [vegetable oil is best, but sunflower or canola oil would also work]
Prepare step to step:
Step 1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
Step 2. Grease a mini cake tin with oil.
Step 3. Put cocoa powder, cinnamon stick, and chili powder in a small bowl and mix well with a fork until the mixture is well-blended and you cannot see any lumps of dry ingredients left.
Step 4. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
Step 5. Place sugar, oil, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl and mix well with a hand mixer until the sugar has dissolved completely.
Step 6. Add the dry ingredients (sugar mixture) to the wet mixture and the cocoa powder mixture, stirring quickly to prevent any lumps from forming in the batter.
Step 7. Pour into prepared tin and level the top with a cake spatula, table knife, or spoon.
Cutting and serving:
Step 8. Put a cake tin into the oven for 4 minutes at 355°F [190°C] until it becomes lightly browned.
Step 9. Take it out of the oven and allow it to cool enough to touch without burning your fingers.
Step 10. When the cake is cool, use a sharp knife to cut it into 6 equal portions, leaving about a 1/2″ sized border around the edge of each cake.
Step 11. Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts of Chocolate Spice Cake
| Nutrition | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calories | 246.2 calories per serving |
| Fat | 2.6 grams of fat per serving |
| Net carbs | 12.6 grams of net carbs per serving (12% of calories) |
| Carbs | 44.5 grams of carbs per serving (44% of calories) |
| Protein | 8.8 grams of protein per serving (8% of calories) |
| Fibre | 0.7 grams of fiber per serving (0% of calories) |
| Total sugar | 44.6 grams of net sugar per serving |
| SmartPoints | 4 points per serving [for a nutritionist] |
Serving ideas for Chocolate Spice Cake Recipe
- Just enjoy this rich and sweet cake as a dessert or snack.
- Serve with a scoop of ice cream on top.
- Make yourself a rich hot chocolate drink with heavy cream, sugar, cocoa powder, and a little cinnamon to compliment the spices in the cake.
- Sprinkle a bit of icing sugar on top for decoration [optional].
- Serve as part of a meal with warm slices of bread spread with butter.
- Or serve with vanilla ice cream for a heavier sundae.
Chocolate Spice Cake Recipe is sure to be your next favourite dessert. It is dense and rich because of the cocoa and chili powder, but you will still find it a bit on the lighter side because of the flour.
Conclusion
Chocolate spice cake is a very rich, dense, and spicy cake. This dessert is sure to please your taste buds. It is best served warm with cream and ice cream or as a part of a meal. If you like spicy food, then you will enjoy this recipe as it goes very well when eaten with something that is also spicy, like some chili chicken or lamb curry.
It tastes especially good cold from the fridge the following day if you want to make it in advance for a party or special occasion.
I hope that you enjoy this recipe. Please feel free to leave a comment about your experience with this recipe.