There are many ways to prepare the Mexican Hot Chocolate. Here, we will look at two different ways to prepare this deliciously rich drink.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Recipe

Ingredients

4 oz dark chocolate, broken into smaller pieces

4 cups milk

2 cups heavy cream

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp cinnamon powder (but if you don’t like cinnamon, reduce it to 1 tsp)

2 eggs

3 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Place the chocolate on a double boiler and melt it bain marie style. Do not let the base of the bowl touch the boiling water.

2. In a saucepan, heat up the milk and cream over low heat, do not let it boil.

3. Then scoop about 3 tbsp of the hot milk and add it to the chocolate and mix well.

4. Add in the rest of the milk, sugar and cinnamon and stir well.

5. In another bowl, beat the eggs together with the vanilla extract.

6. Add about 2 tbsp of the chocolate mixture to the eggs and stir well. Then gradually add the egg mixture into the chocolate. Do it slowly or else the eggs may cook and curdle and stir while adding it in. Then briskly whisk the hot chocolate mixture for a few minutes to combine the eggs and cream well.

7. Pour into mugs, add cinnamon sticks (to be used as stirrer) and whipped cream as desired. Best served hot!

If you do not fancy adding eggs into your drink, here’s another version that do not contain eggs and uses chocolate chips instead of chocolate blocks.

Another Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe

Ingredients

8 oz dark chocolate chips

2 cups milk

2 cups heavy cream

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

4 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp chile powder

a pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Melt the chocolate chips bain marie style.

2. Add in the milk gradually and stir until well combined.

3. Add in the rest of the ingredients and whisk the mixture until well combined. Continue whisking until the mixture is smooth and hot.

4. Pour into mugs and serve with whipped cream topped with some cocoa powder. Add in marshmallows if you like.

Either versions makes really rich and wonderfully delicious hot chocolate drinks that you will want to make again and again. Try it out! The sugar amount could be reduced and adjusted to suit your own taste. Some like their hot cocoa to be slightly sweet but not too sweet so they only add in very little sugar while some prefer theirs to be sweet. If you use regular milk chocolate, it is best not to add too much sugar as milk chocolate already has sugar in it.

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Unlike the conventional cakes, this cake is pretty dense due the lack of flour to make it fluffy so it is rather rich and moist too! It is also pretty easy to make and not very complicated.

These are the ingredients needed to make this cake:

230g / 8oz semisweet chocolate, broken into smaller pieces for easier melting

110g / 7 tablespoon butter, softened

5 eggs, separated

2/3 cup fine sugar (or brown sugar if you prefer)

1 tsp salt

This is what you should do to mix these ingredients and turn it into a gluten-free, rich flourless chocolate cake:

Preheat the oven to 170 degree Celsius. Grease and line a cake pan with wax paper. Then melt the chocolate and the butter over a boiling pan of water or alternatively, place it in a bowl and microwave it for about two minutes high to completely melt it.

In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and egg yolks till fluffy. Then you fold in the chocolate mixture. In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to whisk the egg whites and the salt until you get soft peaks. Then add about three tablespoons of sugar and continue to whisk until stiff peaks form.

You then fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites mixture. Pour the batter into the cake pan and then bake for about 40 minutes. You will notice that this cake is a bit flat but that is expected since it is flourless. Remove from the pan for it to cool completely on a wire rack.

Sprinkle some icing sugar on top before serving this rich flourless gluten-free chocolate cake.

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So, I went around searching for one of her absolutely delicious recipes and found this:

Nigella Lawson’s Honey Chocolate Cake Recipe with a Honey Glaze

Now, that’s what I call a chocolate dream come true! So, here are the ingredients needed to make this absolutely sinful delicious dessert for honey and chocolate lovers:

115g cooking chocolate, broken into small pieces

1 1/3 cups soft brown sugar

226g softened unsalted butter

1/2 cup honey

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

1 cup boiling water

Here are the steps you will need to take to turn all these raw ingredients into a wonderful honey chocolate cake:
First you set a pan of water over medium heat until boiling. Then you place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and place the bowl over the pan of boiling water. This is so that the chocolate will not burnt as you melt it over the boiling water. Once it is completely melted, set it aside for it to cool. Alternatively, you can also place the chocolate in a bowl and microwave it high for two minutes .

Grease a 9 inch cake pan with butter or cooking spray and line it with wax paper. Then preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.

In a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda and cocoa together.

In another mixing bowl, using a hand mixer to beat the sugar and butter together until it is creamy and almost white. Then you pour in the honey and mix well. Add the eggs one at a time and alternate it with a spoonful of the flour mixture.

Fold in the melted chocolate and then fold in the flour mixture. Then, you pour in the boiling water before you mix it all together to come up with a smooth, creamy batter. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake at 180 degree Celsius for up to an hour.

The cake is done when you insert a skewer into the centre of the cake and it comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely in the pan before you invert it onto a cake plate. Now, lets get on to the honey glaze recipe:

These are the ingredients you will need for the honey glaze:

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup honey

170g bittersweet chocolate, broken in small pieces

3/4 cup icing sugar

Here’s how you make the honey glaze:

You place the honey and water in a pan and heat it up to boiling. Then you turn off the heat and add the chocolate. Let the chocolate melt and whisk the mixture. Once it is well combined, sift the icing sugar into the mixture and whisk till well combined.

Let the glaze cool completely and only put it on the cake once the honey chocolate cake is also cooled completely.

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The 5 minute chocolate cake is not very pretty and hardly presentable but it makes up for it with its great taste. As long as you prepare it properly, it will definitely satisfy any of your last-minute chocolate cake cravings! And if you think you are not much of a cake baker, well, don’t worry. You only need a spoon, a mug and microwave to create this delightful single-serving of chocolate cake. Here is the recipe:

The 5-minute Chocolate Cake

These are the ingredients you will need:

4 tablespoon flour

4 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 tablespoon cocoa powder

4 tablespoon low-fat milk

1 egg, lightly whisked

3 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon natural unsweetened peanut butter (optional)

4 tablespoon mini

This is what you should do to make this easy cake:

I know the ingredients sound really daunting but really, it is basically pretty simple and easy to make. The best part about this 5 minute chocolate cake recipe is that you don’t need a lot of utensils. Just get a large ceramic mug and a spoon.

First, you pour in the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder into the mug. Mix it all together and then add in the whisked egg.  Mix it thoroughly and gradually pour in the milk. Stir and pour in the oil. By now, the whole mixture will be pretty sticky so add in the peanut butter and finally, the chocolate chips.

Remember to stir the mixture very well so that the ingredients are well combined and you won’t get clumps of flour or anything like that. After this, you just pop the mug into the microwave and zap it on high for a maximum of three minutes and it is done!

You can serve this cake with vanilla ice cream or with a chocolate ganache topping or even with a drizzle of chocolate sauce. However, don’t refrigerate this cake as it tends to become rubberized and hard because it is microwaved and not baked the conventional way. Best to eat it immediately!

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Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

These are the ingredients you will need:

1 1/2 cups flour, sifted

1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp salt

5 tbsp vegetable oil (for healthier option, use olive oil)

1 tbsp white vinegar

1 cup water

Follow these instructions to create a perfectly moist chocolate cake:

Firstly, you will need to preheat your oven to about 350F. Then, you sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. After that, you sift in the cocoa powder and baking soda. Then, you mix in the sugar and salt. Use a large wooden spoon to stir and mix the ingredients well.

Now, using the wooden spoon, make three deep wells in the flour mixture. In the first well, pour in the oil while in the second well, you pour in the vinegar and finally, in the third well, you pour in the vanilla essence. You have the option to mix it all together now but if not, you can pour in the water, anywhere, into the whole bowl.  Use your wooden spoon to mix the wet and dry ingredients thoroughly.

To save time, you can always use a stand mixer or a hand mixer to blend all of it together until you get a smooth, creamy concoction. Make very sure that there are no lumps. Then you pour it into a two-inch deep, 9in x 9in, baking pan. You don’t need to grease the baking pan as it contains enough oil not to stick to the pan.

Then you bake the cake at 350F for about 30 minutes. You will know it is done when you test it with a skewer by inserting it in the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done but if it comes out with some stickiness on it, then you will need to bake the cake further.

Once it is done, remove and leave it to cool for several minutes in the pan. After that, turn it out on a wire rack to cool completely. This cake is extremely moist and rich (that’s why it is the ultimate in moist chocolate cake!) so I am sure it will turn out great as cupcakes too if you want.

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Now, before I start with the chocolate cake recipes, here are some basic facts about chocolate, cocoa and cacao.

• Fruits from the cacao tree tastes nothing like the processed chocolate we eat
• There is a type of fruit called ‘chocolate fruit’ but it is not fruits from the cacao tree and is actually the nickname for the Black Sapote which is also healthy chocolate substitute.
• The cacao tree is native to South America and it has been cultivated for at least 300 years.
• The Maya and Aztecs are the first ones to invent chocolate drinks known as xocolatl which means bitter water and does not taste like the hot chocolate drinks of today.
• The chocolate that we eat has gone through a tedious process to get to the rich chocolaty sweetness it has.
• Cocoa is processed from cacao beans and in pure form, it is bitter to the taste.
• So, it is from cacao beans to cocoa and from the cocoa, it became chocolate.
• Dark chocolate is good for health and is known to lower blood pressure and protect the heart.
• There are many types of chocolate such as white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa butter, baking chocolate, bittersweet chocolate and bitter chocolate.
• Chocolates have been linked to giving you a boost in adrenaline and also endorphins, that’s why it has also earned the reputation that chocolate is a type of aphrodisiac.

For the longest time, chocolates were first enjoyed as cocoa drinks and then it chocolate bars were invented. From then onwards, we have what we call an explosion of chocolate products! That’s why today we have so many different types of chocolate cake recipes and chocolate cookie recipes to satisfy every chocolate craving of any chocoholic.

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