Quick Mexican Chocolate Cake

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This Mexican hot chocolate cake recipe has cinnamon for spice and pudding for a moist texture, with an easy glaze made with drink tablets.

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 ounce) package dark chocolate cake mix
1 1/3 cups warm water
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 (3 2/5 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 Mexican chocolate drink tablets, cut into quarters
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust a 12-inch oven-safe skillet with a pinch of cake mix and set aside.
2 Mix cake mix, water, eggs, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, pudding mix, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Pour into the skillet.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes; invert onto a plate.
4 Place chocolate drink tablets and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the chocolate is melted and the glaze has the consistency of syrup, about 5 minutes.
5 Pour the glaze over the cake, spreading with a spatula. Let cool for 10 minutes and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.