Buttermilk Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake is a wonderfully delicious chocolate cake with a cinnamon twist!
If you’re looking for something just a little different in the chocolate pound cake arena, then this Buttermilk Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake recipe may be just your thing. The combination of chocolate and cinnamon is one of my favorites, and it’s so, so good in this simple cake.
This cake gets its rich chocolate flavor not just from plenty of cinnamon-spiced chocolate, but also from a good dose of chocolate syrup. That boosts the chocolate flavor in such a wonderful way. It’s not something I often keep in my kitchen, but it’s absolutely worth picking up some to make this fantastic cake.
The first time I ever made this Buttermilk Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake was during a visit with a friend who shares my love of baking and cooking. At the time, we realized that we’d both marked the same recipe in Southern Living and took it as a sign that we had to make it immediately.
We didn’t have access to Mexican chocolate at the time, but an easy substitution of semisweet chocolate plus cinnamon worked well. In an otherwise “normal” chocolate pound cake, that bit of cinnamon really gives the taste a boost.
Since then, I’ve made this cake using Mexican chocolate, which has some spice already in it. It’s fun to bake with something besides the usual ingredients, even if it’s just a different twist on chocolate. Having made it both ways, I can assure you, however, that you can achieve a very similar result with semisweet chocolate and cinnamon.
This cake is dense without being heavy, as some pound cakes can be. It’s really delicious, and the confectioners’ sugar garnish just finishes it perfectly and simply. There is plenty of rich chocolate flavor in this cake without the need for a glaze.
