Chocolate Chilli Cake
A community recipe by humphriessNot tested or verified by Nigella.com
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Heat oven to gas mark 4. Mix together flour, baking powder, bicarb, cocoa, and cinnamon. In a food processor mix ground peanuts, tahini, chilli flakes and muscodova sugar. Melt butter with dark chocolate. Mix with nut mixture, add eggs and mix all together. Stir in milk, then sift in the dry ingredients. Beat until smooth and then spoon into a tin lined with non stick baking paper. Bake for about an hour. Nice with lime icing spread over the top.
Heat oven to gas mark 4. Mix together flour, baking powder, bicarb, unsweetened cocoa, and cinnamon. In a food processor mix ground peanuts, tahini, chilli flakes and muscodova sugar. Melt butter with bittersweet chocolate. Mix with nut mixture, add eggs and mix all together. Stir in milk, then sift in the dry ingredients. Beat until smooth and then spoon into a tin lined with non stick baking paper. Bake for about an hour. Nice with lime icing spread over the top.
Introduction
Love the combination of rich chocolate cake with a nice hint of chilli
Love the combination of rich chocolate cake with a nice hint of chilli
Ingredients
Serves: 8
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- 200 grams flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 75 grams cocoa
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 100 grams peanuts (ground)
- 3 tablespoons tahini
- ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 225 grams light brown muscovado sugar
- 75 grams unsalted butter
- 100 grams dark chocolate
- 2 large eggs
- 175 millilitres milk
- lime juice (for icing)
- 7 ounces flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 ounces unsweetened cocoa
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 4 ounces peanuts (ground)
- 3 tablespoons tahini
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 8 ounces light brown sugar
- 3 ounces unsalted butter
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 2 large eggs
- 6⅛ fluid ounces milk
- lime juice (for icing)
Method
Chocolate Chilli Cake is a community recipe submitted by humphriess and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
Additional Information
Don't be alarmed if you think the mixture is too thick, I thought this but it turned out fine once it cooked.
Makes approx 8
Don't be alarmed if you think the mixture is too thick, I thought this but it turned out fine once it cooked.
Makes approx 8
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Posted by ModeAM on 6th October 2023
Show more commentsCan someone please clarify ‘ground’ peanuts in this recipe? Should the peanuts still be dry or more like peanut butter?