Fudge Cake Recipe

When you have a man to impress, a potluck party to attend and children to feed, there’s one thing that can satiate the tongues of all – a fudge cake! Whether you are a pro in the art of cake baking or just a foodie with a sweet tooth, you should know how much the fudge cake is loved. And just in case you are looking forward to impress a gathering by your baking skills then there is no better thing to start than with a fudge cake. Along with being unbelievably scrumptious it is also unspeakably easy to bake. A fudge cake is so called because it is generally a small or a large chocolate pastry containing fudge in it. There are several varieties of this delicacy. If the cake is topped with ice cream and whipped cream it is called ‘death by chocolate’ and if you want to go easy on the calorie count then you can also bake a ‘rusty fudge cake’ with is nothing but a variety with low concentration of chocolate. The chocolate can either be white or dark and sometimes in the form of chocolate chips too. If you have drooled over this article enough, it’s time to get baking. Read the following recipe and let us know how you fared!

How To Make Fudge Cake

Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe

Preparation Time: 50 min
Serves: 10

Ingredients

For The Cake:

2¾ cups All Purpose Flour
¾ cup + 1tbsp Granulated Sugar*
1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar
¼ cup Cocoa Powder
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Salt
3 Eggs
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
½ cup + 2 tbsp Sour Cream*
¾ cup Unsalted Butter (melted and cooled)
½ cup Corn Oil
1+1/3 cup Cold Water *

For Icing:

6 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate
1 cup + 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter (melted)*
1¾ cup Sugar (sifted)
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

(* all to be used for the cake, the plus sign is used to depict exact measurements)

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Butter the bottom and sides of two 8” cake pans.
In a large bowl, take all the flour and mix it with the entire quantity of white and brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder & soda and salt and keep aside.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla till they are fully blended as one uniform mixture.
Beat the melted butter and corn oil with the help of an electric handheld mixer till it is blended. Beat in the water after this.
Add the dry ingredients from the first bowl at once and mix together on a slow speed. Mix in the egg mixture and blend again.
Grease a cake pan and sprinkle some flour over it. Slowly transfer the cake mix into this pan and set it into the oven for about 45 minutes
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool the cake pans on a wire rack for about 15 minutes and turn the cake out to cool completely.

For Icing

This is the best part of the fudge cake! Melt the chocolate for about 2-3 minutes without burning (double boiler with simmering water underneath). Leave it to cool down enough to avoid burns.
Till the chocolate cools, beat the butter until it is soft and creamy and add in the sifted sugar. Make sure there are no lumps formed and the mixture looks fluffy.
Before the chocolate hardens again, gently add the vanilla extract to it and mix together until smooth.
Now blend in the butter mix with the chocolate and your icing is ready.
Apply a spatula full of this icing in the centre of the cake and spread it generously on the top and sides too!
Refrigerate the cake for about an hour and it’s all ready for you to eat!

The chocolate fudge cake is one of the most favourite recipes all around the world and it can be customized according to individual tastes. So, figure out your favourite flavour and have a sinful dessert!

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