Mexican Cake Recipes are Fun when learning How to make Mexican Food like Mexican Chocolate Cake

Most of the Mexican cake recipes will call for locally grown products. In the Mexican chocolate cake as in many of the chocolate recipes, cinnamon and coffee will also be used.

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

• ½ Cup butter


• ½ Vegetable oil


• 2 Squares chocolate (2 ounces)


• 1 Cup strong coffee


• 2 Cups flour


• 1 Teaspoon soda


• 2 Cups sugar


• 1 Teaspoon cinnamon


• 2 Beaten eggs


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla


• ½ Cup sour milk (To make sour milk, place 1 ½ teaspoon vinegar in measuring cup and add enough milk to ½ cup; set for a few minutes.)

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Grease and lightly flour 9x13 inch baking pan.

Combine the butter, oil, chocolate and coffee in a saucepan and heat, stirring until the chocolate melts. Cool.

Transfer chocolate mixture to a mixing bowl.

Beat in the eggs, sour milk and vanilla

Combine the flour, soda and cinnamon and beat into chocolate mixture.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake about 40 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.

Unlike our traditional fruit cakes made with dried fruit, the Mexican cake recipes call for either fresh or canned fruits

MEXICAN FRUIT CAKE RECIPE

• 2 Cups flour


• 2 Teaspoons baking soda


• 2 Cups sugar


• 1 Can (20 ounces) Crushed pineapple (not drained)


• 2 Eggs


• 1 Cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.

Grease and lightly flour a 9x13 inch cake baking pan.

NOTE: No shortening in this cake.

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and beat together by hand to blend well.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes. While cake is hot add topping.

Topping:

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Spread over cake while hot.

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