recipe 
yields
8×11 cake or 10-inch Bundt cake
2 cups sugar, divided
¼ habañero pepper, roughly chopped, seeds removed
2 eggs
⅝ cup vegetable oil
2 cups cake flour
1 cup Dutch dark cocoa powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
Pinch salt
⅔ cup sour cream
1¼ cups buttermilk
Ingredients
steps
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease well a 8×11 baking dish or a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Place about ½ the sugar in a food processor with habanero pepper. Pulse until the peppers are evenly blended into the sugar, creating the sweet and spicy backbone to this recipe.
- In a standing mixer with paddle attachment, cream all the sugar, habanero pepper, eggs, and vegetable oil on medium speed until mixture is a pale yellow and of frothy consistency.
- Sift together all dry ingredients. Slowly add the sifted dry ingredients to the frothy wet mixture; the mixture will become a rich chocolaty paste.
- In two parts, with mixer still running, add sour cream to soften up the paste. Scrape down the sides of the bowl often to be certain the mixture is smooth.
- Add buttermilk to finish the batter.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30−40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely before enjoying!
Note: For added texture, you can fold ½ cup−1 cup chocolate chips into the batter before baking.
Date Published: 02.01.14
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- from Executive Pastry Chef Sarah Koob of Canoe in Atlanta, GA
