Spiced hot chocolate cake

Name: Spiced hot chocolate cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1.5 cups flour (190g); 1.5 cups sugar (300g); 2/3 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed) 80g; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 3/4 tsp salt; 1 Tbsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp cayenne powder*; 3/4 cup buttermilk, room temperature; 2/3 cup hot water; 3/4 cup vegetable/canola/sunflower oil; 1.5 tsp vanilla; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup (115g) softened butter; 60g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, melted; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1/8 tsp cayenne powder*; 1 cup (100g) confectioner's sugar; 2-3 Tbs buttermilk

Spiced hot chocolate cake was pinched from <a href="http://toughcookieblog.com/spiced-hot-chocolate-cake/" target="_blank">toughcookieblog.com.</a>

"A gorgeous chocolate cake with a slightly spicy twist -- like a Mexican hot chocolate shot in cake form. Adapted from Sweetapolita and Nicole Spiridakis' Flourless..."

INGREDIENTS

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1.5 cups flour (190g)

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1.5 cups sugar (300g)

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2/3 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed) 80g

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2 tsp baking soda

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1 tsp baking powder

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3/4 tsp salt

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1 Tbsp cinnamon

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1/2 tsp cayenne powder*

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3/4 cup buttermilk, room temperature

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2/3 cup hot water

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3/4 cup vegetable/canola/sunflower oil

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1.5 tsp vanilla

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2 eggs

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1/2 cup (115g) softened butter

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60g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, melted

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1/2 tsp vanilla

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1/8 tsp cayenne powder*

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1 cup (100g) confectioner's sugar

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2-3 Tbs buttermilk

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