A large chocolate fudge cake on a white plate

Chocolate fudge cake

Name: Chocolate fudge cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 250g self-raising flour; 50g cocoa powder; 250g dark chocolate broken into pieces; 250g light muscovado sugar; 250g unsalted butter softened; 4 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 200g icing sugar sifted; 200g unsalted butter softened; 200g dark chocolate melted; 50g dark chocolate; cocoa powder for dusting

Amanda James

Published: April 21, 2019 at 10:08 AM

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Serves 12

Easy

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 35 mins

+ cooling + chilling

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Enjoy a slice of heaven! Our decadent chocolate cake is covered in silky smooth frosting and we teach you how to create dark chocolate curls for an artisan finish

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Ingredients

Nutrition

250g self-raising flour
50g cocoa powder
250g dark chocolate

broken into pieces
250g light muscovado sugar
250g unsalted butter

softened
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

BUTTERCREAM

200g icing sugar

sifted
200g unsalted butter

softened
200g dark chocolate

melted

TOPPING

50g dark chocolate
cocoa powder

for dusting

Nutrition: per serving

kcal786
fat50.8g
saturates30.4g
carbs70.5g
sugars50.2g
fibre5.4g
protein8.8g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line 2 x deep 20cm springform cake tins with baking paper. Stir together the flour and cocoa in a bowl. Melt the chocolate, sugar and butter with 100ml water in a pan until smooth, then leave to cool.
step 2

Once cooled, transfer to a mixing bowl and whisk in the eggs one by one until combined, followed by the vanilla extract. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until fully combined.
step 3

Divide the batter between the cake tins and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer poked into the middles comes out clean. It may crack a little on top but this will be covered by the icing. Leave to cool.
step 4

To make the buttercream, use electric beaters to whisk together the icing sugar and butter for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Mix in the melted chocolate until smooth and the buttercream becomes spreadable. Put a thick layer of buttercream on top of one of the cakes, then sandwich the other sponge on top. Spread another thick layer on top, then use the rest to cover the sides. Leave to set in the fridge for 20 minutes.
step 5

To make the topping, use a large knife or peeler to scrape across the surface of the chocolate to create curls and shards. Use these to top the cake along with a light dusting of cocoa powder.

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Amanda James

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