Montezuma's Hot Chocolate Sheet Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee (optional)
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups unsifted flour
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons chili powder or 2 teaspoons cayenne powder
• 1 teaspoon anise flavoring (optional)
• 1 cup toasted crushed almonds
• 1 cup toasted crushed hazelnuts
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon coffee (optional)
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 in a small saucepan, melt the butter.
• 3 stir in the cocoa and coffee, then water.
• 4 bring to a boil; remove from heat.
• 5 in a large mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and spices.
• 6 add cocoa mixture; mix well.
• 7 stir in 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk, eggs, anise and vanilla.
• 8 pour into greased 15 x 10 jelly roll pan.
• 9 bake for 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 10 icing:
• 11 in a small saucepan, melt the butter; stir in the cocoa, coffee, and cinnamon.
• 12 add the remaining sweetened condensed milk; stir in confectioners sugar.
• 13 spread on the warm cake.
• 14 serve warm with vanilla ice cream. enjoy!
• 15 note: if the icing is too thin for your taste, it's simple to add more cocoa or confectioners sugar until you reach the consistency wanted. or, if it's too thick just add a bit of milk. also, if you decide to do away with the coffee (in the cake or the icing), just replace it with cocoa. :d.