Quick Mexican Chocolate Cake
I love chocolate and cinnamon and came up with this cake one day. It has now become my family's biggest request. We always have Abuelita® tablets around and I wondered if they would melt well as a glaze, and they do!
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- Serves: 1 person
Ingredients
- 1(18.25 ounce) package dark chocolate cake mix
- 1⅓ cups warm water
- 3eggs
- ½cup vegetable oil
- 1(3.4 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 4Mexican chocolate drink tablets, cut into quarters
- 2tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1tablespoon confectioners' sugar
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust a 12-inch oven-safe skillet with a pinch of cake mix and set aside.Step 2
Mix cake mix, water, eggs, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, pudding mix, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Pour into the skillet.Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes; invert onto a plate.Step 4
Place chocolate drink tablets and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the chocolate is melted and the glaze has the consistency of syrup, about 5 minutes.Step 5
Pour the glaze over the cake, spreading with a spatula. Let cool for 10 minutes and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.