Churro Cake With Spiced Chocolate Sauce Recipes

CHURRO PANCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the sauce: Whisk the sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch, salt and cloves together in a small saucepan. Whisk in the coffee, milk and vanilla and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook, whisking until the sauce begins to bubble and thicken slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the sauce into a serving bowl and keep warm.
• For the pancakes: Whisk the flour, cornstarch, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon, the salt and baking soda together in a large bowl. Whisk the milk, butter, vanilla and eggs together in another bowl. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk until ingredients are just incorporated and batter is thick (it¿s okay if there are some lumps). Let the batter rest for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon with the granulated sugar in a large shallow bowl and set aside.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Brush the skillet generously with butter then drizzle 1 heaping tablespoon of the batter into the pan, moving your hand back and forth to form a 3-inch long pancake stick; repeat to make enough pancakes to just fill the skillet. Cook, until pancakes are golden on the bottom and bubbly on top, about 45 seconds. Flip the pancakes and cook until the batter is cooked through, about 30 seconds more.
• Transfer the pancakes to the cinnamon-sugar mixture and toss to coat. Shake off the excess and serve immediately while hot, with the Mexican chocolate sauce on the side for drizzling or dipping. Repeat with the remaining batter and cinnamon-sugar to make more pancakes, brushing the skillet with more butter in between batches.

CHURROS WITH CHOCOLATE DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix the sugar and cinnamon for the churros in a wide, shallow dish; this is for coating the cooked churros.
• Churros: Put the flour into a bowl and stir in the baking powder, then beat in the olive oil and 1 cup freshly boiled water. Keep mixing until you have a warm sticky dough, and let rest for about 10 minutes or for as long as it takes for the corn oil to heat up.
• Heat the oil in a smallish saucepan; it should come about a third of the way up the sides of the pan. When you think it's hot enough, toss in a cube of bread and see if it sizzles and browns. If it browns in about 30 seconds, it's hot enough; or if you're using an electric deep-fat fryer regulate the temperature, it should be at 325 degrees F. Keep a watchful eye on your hot oil pan at all times.
• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees F.
• When you are ready, load up a piping bag with a large star shaped nozzle (8mm) and fill it with the churro dough. Squeeze short lengths, approximately 1 1/2 to 2 inches, of dough into the hot oil, snipping them off with a pair of scissors as you go. Cook about 3 or 4 at a time. Once they turn a rich golden brown, fish them out with a slotted spoon or tongs onto a kitchen towel lined baking sheet. To keep the churros warm while you fry the remaining dough. Blot them with paper towels and transfer them to a parchment lined baking sheet. Put the baking sheet into the oven to keep the churros warm. Even if you let them sit out of the oven, they do need 5 to 10 minutes to rest before you eat them, to allow them to set inside.
• Chocolate sauce: Melt all of the chocolate sauce ingredients in a heavy based saucepan over low heat. Once combined and the chocolate has melted, remove the pan from the heat and set it aside in a warm place.
• Toss the hot churros into the sugar and cinnamon mixture and shake them about to get a good covering, just before serving. Arrange the churros on a serving platter and serve.
• Pour the chocolate sauce into individual pots for serving (to avoid the double dipping dilemma) and dip'n'dunk away.

CAKE, CHURRO WITH SPICED CHOCOLATE SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. make the cake; preheat the oven to 350 butter a 10 cup bundt pan, making sure to get in all the crevices, dust with flour and tap out the excess. whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl, set aside 2. beat the butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on med-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the egg yolks. beat in the sour cream until combined. (the batter may look curdled). reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk; beat until combined. 3. pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top and tap the bottom of the pan against the counter a few times to release any large air bubbles. bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. transfer to a rack and let cool 10 minutes in the pan; loosen the edge of the cake with a wooden skewer and invert onto the rack to cool completely. 4. make the cinnamon sugar topping: combine the sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. working in sections, brush the cake with the melted butter, hold the cake over the bowl and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar pressing to adhere. 5, make the sauce: combine the half and half, brown sugar,cocoa powder, vanilla, chile powder and salt in a small saucepan. bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, 2-4 minutes. remove from the heat and add the chocolate. let stand 2 minutes, then stir until smooth. serve the cake with the spiced chocolate sauce.