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Anco Food Cupcakes with Roasted Macadamias

This Anco Chili Devil's Food Cupcakes with Roasted Macadamias recipe uses Cake Flour, Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, Ancho Chili Powder, Baking Soda, and Baking Powder. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 1/4 tsp
• 1/4 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 10 tbsp
• 1 1/2 cup
• 3
• 1/2 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1 tsp
• 1/2 cup
• 4 oz
• 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   [Note: Bobby Flay, chef of NYC's Mesa Grill, prepared this dessert for a Meals on Wheels benefit meal at the Frontera Grill in Chicago.

2. 2

   Heat oven to 375 degrees.

3. 3

   Sift them together 3 times.

4. 4

   Using an electric mixer with a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

5. 5

   Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and continue beating until mixture is light, fluffy and almost tripled in volume.

6. 6

   Fold 1/3 dry mixture into the butter-egg mixture, then add 1/2 the buttermilk and 1/2 the coffee.

7. 7

   Fold in another 1/3 of the dry mixture then the remaining buttermilk and coffee.

8. 8

   Finish with the remaining dry dry mixture and the vanilla extract.

9. 9

   Spread the batter in the prepared pan.

10. 10

    Bake until cake springs back when touched lightly (30 - 35 min.).

11. 11

    Then turn out of pan and leave on the rack until completely cool.

12. 12

    Use a 2-1/2 inch cookie cutter to cut rounds from the cake.

13. 13

    Place the rounds in paper cupcake liners.

14. 14

    Make the topping: If the macadamias are raw, roast them in a 350 degree oven, turning once, until they just begin to color.

15. 15

    Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl, heat the whipping cream tii the point of a bowl and pour it over the chocolate.

16. 16

    Let cool to warm then drizzle it over the cupcakes.

17. 17

    Top with macadamia nuts.

18. 18

    From Chicago Tribune Magazine 3/23/93. Posted by Bud Cloyd