FOOD
Mexican Chocolate Poke Cake
Devils food cake soaked in chocolate milk and topped with mascarpone - I'm sold.
FOOD
Mexican Chocolate Poke Cake
Devils food cake soaked in chocolate milk and topped with mascarpone - I'm sold.
Ingredients
Chocolate Milk
- 100g Dark Chocolate
- 1/2 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
Mexican Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
- 350g all-purpose flour
- 450g caster sugar
- 100g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 350g unsalted butter, softened
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 350ml milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper + extra to dust
- 1 tsp
- 1 cup mascarpone
Steps
Chocolate Milk
- Add the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne pepper to a large microwave safe bowl and microwave for 3 minutes.
- Add dark chocolate and whisk until melted. Set aside to cool.
Mexican Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 140C (280F) or 180C (320F) for a conventional oven. Spray an 8” x 8” square cake tin with oil spray and line the bottom with baking paper. Set aside.
- Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, bicarb soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, and salt to a large mixing bowl and mix together using a hand mixer to combine.
- Add the softened butter and mix on low speed until the mixture reaches a crumbly sand-like texture.
- Add the eggs and milk and mix on low speed until no dry ingredients are showing. Scrape down the bowl and mix for another 20 seconds.
- Fill the cake tin with batter and bake for 50-60 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. If the pick comes out with wet batter, bake for a further 10 min at a time until baked fully.
- Pour the chocolate milk mixture over the cake while it’s still warm and then let it chill for 2 hours in the fridge before cutting into 9 pieces.
- Use an ice cream scoop to add some mascarpone on top and then sprinkle it with some cayenne pepper.