CHOCOLATE CHILI CAKE

Chocolate Chili Cake image

Number Of Ingredients 17

7/8 cup sugar
7/8 cup flour
3/8 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 egg
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/8 cup boiling water
1 stick butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons tequila

Steps:

preheat oven to 350. grease one 8-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
in a large bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients. in a medium bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients except for the boiling water. whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and then stir in the boiling water. pour into cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. begin checking for doneness at 16 minutes.
let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn the cakes onto a lightly greased cooling rack.
use an electric mixer to beat together all of the ingredients.