Make this Mexican Chocolate Cake and celebrate Cinco de Mayo or any get-together with the gang. It makes a HUGE twelve-inch by eighteen-inch half-sheet pan that feeds twenty-four or more people, depending on the size you cut each piece!
This simple but decadent cinnamon-infused chocolate cake is loaded with butter and sugar, making it extra rich and moist. Ignore the indulgent recipe this time and go for it; it’s worth every calorie!
Pour the still-warm pecan-studded icing on the cake shortly after it comes out of the oven so it soaks into the cake a little. Ay, Yi Yi Yi, es tan Bueno!!
This cake is so delicious that your eyes will roll heavenward with your first bite! Chocolate and cinnamon combine beautifully. The blend of the two produces a classic Mexican dessert flavor combination that makes it perfect to cap off your Cinco de Mayo celebration. It’s an ideal cake to cap off ANY celebration, in my opinion.
Begin by whisking the dry ingredients in a bowl, preparing everything for the addition of the amazing chocolate and butter mixture.
The real magic of this cake begins on the stovetop. Instead of creaming butter and sugar, cocoa and butter are combined in a saucepan with water over medium heat and stirred until they form a creamy, melty sauce. This step ensures a beautifully moist cake.
Pour the chocolatey mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until you get a smooth batter.
Next, add the eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk, and continue to stir or use a mixer to ensure there are no lumps. You’ll end up with a rather thin, smooth batter. Pour this mixture and spread it evenly into a greased twelve-inch by eighteen-inch half-sheet pan. It’s a big one!
Bake at 350 degrees for eighteen to twenty minutes until a cake tester comes up clean and the top of the cake springs back when you touch it.
Get busy and make the icing while the cake is baking because you want both the cake and the icing to be nice and warm when they meet!
Rinse out and use the same saucepan to melt the butter, milk, cocoa, and salt. Cook it over medium heat, just to the point of simmering. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the powdered sugar and pecans. Keep the icing warm and stir it occasionally to keep a crust from forming on top.
When the Mexican chocolate cake is done baking, it should pull back slightly from the edges of the pan. Let the cake cool for about ten minutes, then pour the warm icing over the cake and gently spread it to the edges of the cake with a spatula.
Let the iced cake cool for about twenty minutes before serving. I highly recommend ice cream on top. Vanilla is awesome, but it’s even more fantastic if you can find cinnamon ice cream!
This is a recipe for a super moist half-sheet Mexican sheet cake that's spiced with cinnamon and topped with pecan-studded pour-on chocolate icing.
Do you have a chocolate lover at your house? You might enjoy these recipes, too. Chocolate Lush Dessert, Triple Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake, and Easy Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch!
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