TWD: Mexican Chocolate Cupcake Pudding
I love pudding. It's so easy: just put some stuff in a pot and stir, stir, stir, then eat on the spot or refrigerate for later pleasures.I do not love washing dishes, cleaning counters, or pouring hot liquids from one container to another.
Therefore, this week's Tuesdays with Dorrie challenge was kind of a bust. I never thought that a pudding recipe could use so many dishes, or require so many spins through the food processor. Oh well.
I made the pudding "Mexican" by adding 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon with the cocoa and substituting almond extract for the vanilla. Cinnamon and almond are traditional flavors that get added to chocolate produced in Mexico.
I topped my pudding with a swirl of meringue and colored sugar to make it look like a cupcake- though I should have made the swirls a bit bigger.
Taste? Awesome. Verdict? I would make Mexican Chocolate Pudding again using a traditional recipe for chocolate pudding.
To find the original recipe, get a copy of Baking, From my Home to Yours by Dorrie Greenspan.
Labels: Cupcakes, Mexico, pudding, Tuesdays with Dorie
posted by Libby at
7:03 AM
13 Comments:
Your pictures are great and your pudding looks awesome!
Mmmm, cinnamon and almond extract – oh, yes. Good call on swinging this Mexican. Now, I'll be forced to make more. ;)
Cinnamon + chocolate = divine. Looks delicious!
Great idea with the cinnamon!
I love cinnamon and chocolate together. Yum!
Your pudding looks great!
you know, i have never tried cinnamon with chocolate. but yours looks so festive i may have to!!
i thought...what's Mecican?? ahh Mexican! Got it. I love mexican hot chocolate, not Ybarra but from scratch, so rich. I am DEF trying that next time!
Love your flavoring idea, and the swirl on top is delightful!
Several TWD-ers said they made the pudding without the food processor, just a whisk, saucepan and extra bowl. It sure would make cleaning up a breeze!
your presentation looks cute. being mexican myself, that sounded like a "sound" idea to add the cinnamon etc. i may have to try that next time.
That is so cute with the meringue "frosting" on top! I love it!
Remember the brownies with the raisins? Dorie likes to fill your sink with dishes when she employs chocolate. :)
I love your cinnamon/almond additions; you've created a grown up version of a classic kid's dessert.
Hi Liz, thanks for leaving me a comment! Looks like you have quite the community of food bloggers here. It's neat that we both made something out of Mexican chocolate. Maybe it will happen again in the future. Take care!
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