I want to bake a chocolate chilli cake! What chilli powder do I use?!


Question: I want to bake a chocolate chilli cake! What chilli powder do I use!?
I've found a few recipes online for chocolate chili cake (here are a few examples):
http://splendidtable!.publicradio!.org/rec!.!.!.
http://cupcakeblog!.com/index!.php/2005/07!.!.!.
http://www!.celtnet!.org!.uk/recipes/miscel!.!.!.

A few of them specify 'ancho' chili powder - but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get this down at Tesco or Sainsbury's!

What chili would you recommend using!?

Could I make a standard chocolate sponge cake and add chilli into the mix!?

It's for a birthday (my friend is having a chilli theme party), so ideally I'd like a cake I can put icing/frosting/buttercream on but I'm not a particularly confident baker, so not used to experimenting really!

Appreciate any advice you can give me!.

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Answers:
I think the best thing to use would be chilli flakes, that way nothing is added to them like vinegar, they're just dried chilli!. I'm not sure how well the chopped chilli would work because it tends to be a little bitter when you cook it and tastes a little acidic!. Dried chili is a little sweeter but still has the spice!. If you want you could use a mortar and pestle to grind it up!!!

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the level of heat for an ancho chili pepper is quite low, it's more about flavor and not heat!.
The flavor is more of a smokey taste!.
You could sustitue a New Mexico chili pepper but the heat will be higher!.
Or, make your own powder in a spice grinder from whole dried ancho peppers!.
You could use whole dried ortega peppers in the grinder too!.
Crushed red pepper is too hot!.
Cheyenne pepper is way too hot!.
Habinaro (scotch bonnet peppers) are so hot they can cause blisters in your mouth!Www@FoodAQ@Com

The simplest way would be just to incorporate a quarter or half teaspoonful of ground cayenne into the batter!. That's what I do, and in side-by-side comparisons, nobody's been able to tell the difference between mine and other folks' chocolate/chili cake!. The word "chili" is spelled with only one "L", by the way!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I personally would not use powder, I would VERY finely chop 1 birds eye chilli (seeds removed first), and add this to the mix, that was the chilli flavour is not all the way through the cake, just a bit in every mouthful, which would give it a bit of extra kick, mmmmWww@FoodAQ@Com

Mmmm yum! There is a market in London that sells all types of Chiles!. You can look them up as they're called the Coolchile!.co!.uk
and a good one I found for a good chile/chocolate cake is here:
http://www!.baileyfarmsinc!.com/recipes!.as!.!.!.

Good luck, hope it turns out yummy!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Use a finely chopped chilli!. Fresh as you can get!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

yummy!!!!!!!! i never knew there was such thing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

chocolate chilli cake

Ingredients
280g Butter, softened
280g Sugar
5 Eggs
225g self-raising flour
115g Cocoa powder
4 tbsp Milk


For the orange cream:
2 x 250g tubs marscapone cheese
75ml double cream
grated zest of 1 large orange
icing sugar, to taste


For the chilli chocolate sauce:
3 tbsp golden syrup
juice of 1 orange
100g dark chocolate
1-2 tsp green Tabasco sauce

Method 1!. Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6!.

2!. Cream together the butter and sugar in a food processor!. Gradually add the eggs, blending after each addition!.

3!. Sift together the flour and cocoa!. Add the sifted ingredients to the processor with the milk and pulse briefly until just mixed in!.

4!. Pour the cake mix into two greased and lined 20cm square cake tins!. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until just cooked!. Allow to cool slightly in the tins!.

5!. Meanwhile, prepare the orange cream!. Mix together the marscapone, cream and orange zest in a bowl and sweeten to taste with icing sugar!.

6!. To serve thickly spread one cake with the orange cream and carefully sit the remaining cake on top!.

7!. Make the chilli chocolate sauce!. Place the golden syrup and orange juice in a small bowl over a pan of simmering water and gently heat!.

8!. Break in the chocolate and stir until smooth!. Add the Tabasco sauce and mix well!.

9!. Cut the cake into large squares and serve generously drizzled with the hot chocolate sauce!. Www@FoodAQ@Com





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