Mexican Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Mexican Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
1086
Calories
Total time
36
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make cake:.
  2. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F Butter cake pan well and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
  3. Melt butter (2 sticks) in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, then whisk in cocoa. Add water and whisk until smooth, then remove from heat. Whisk in separately sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.
  4. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl, then sift again into cocoa mixture and whisk until just combined (don't worry if there are lumps).
  5. Pour batter into cake pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer comes out with a few crumbs adhering, 45 to 55 minutes. (Leave oven on.)
  6. Cool cake in pan on a rack 20 minutes, then loosen edges with a thin knife and invert onto a plate.
  7. Make glaze:.
  8. Spread pecans in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan (1 inch deep) and bake until fragrant and a shade darker, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool pecans slightly in pan on a rack, about 5 minutes.
  9. Melt butter in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, then stir in half-and-half and confectioners sugar. Add chocolate and cook, stirring, until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in pecans and salt. Cool glaze until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
  10. Spoon glaze over top and sides of cake (cake will still be warm) and spread with a small offset spatula or knife to cover completely.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1085.64 Kcal (4545 kJ)
Calories from fat 769.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 85.47g 131%
Cholesterol 87.58mg 29%
Sodium 231.25mg 10%
Potassium 502.64mg 11%
Total Carbs 80.32g 27%
Sugars 51.9g 208%
Dietary Fiber 9.54g 38%
Protein 13.1g 26%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 3.6mg 20%
Calcium 99.6mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 486.68 Kcal (2038 kJ)
Calories from fat 344.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 38.31g 131%
Cholesterol 39.26mg 29%
Sodium 103.66mg 10%
Potassium 225.33mg 11%
Total Carbs 36g 27%
Sugars 23.27g 208%
Dietary Fiber 4.28g 38%
Protein 5.87g 26%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 1.6mg 20%
Calcium 44.7mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28
    Points
  • 31
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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