Best Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipes

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH DOUBLE FUDGE ICING

Steps:

• Cake: Mix mayonnaise, water, sugar and vanilla together until well blended.
• Sift cocoa, flour salt and baking soda together.
• Stir into liquid ingredients and mix just until blended.
• Pour batter into 2 greased and floured sandwich cake tins[8-9 inch size].
• Bake in a preheated 375 deg F oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool and then ice.
• Icing: Bring sugar and cream to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir occasinaly to stop cream from boiling over.
• Remove from heat.
• Finely chop or grate the chocolate.
• Sir into the cream until completely melted.
• Stir in butter and vanilla.
• Once butter is melted, refrigerate icing until cold.
• Once cold beat the icing with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until thick and of a good spreading consistency.

DARK CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake:.
• Sieve the flour and cocoa powder and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until soft and light, stir in the orange rind.
• Break chocolate into a bowl (I recommend that you use 70% cocoa solid minimum), add boiling water and stir until the chocolate is melted and well blended.
• Lightly whisk the eggs and gradually beat into the butter and sugar mixture.
• Beat in the melted chocolate, and then fold in the flour/cocoa mixture with a metal spoon.
• Spoon the mixture into two greased and lined tins and bake at 180/350/Gas 4 for 25-30 minutes, until cake shrinks away from the sides of the tin.
• Allow to cool slightly in tins, and then turn out on wire rack. When cold, slice each cake horizontally to make 4 layers. Using a thin layer of jam, sandwich all layers of the cake together.
• Fudge coating:.
• Sift icing sugar and cocoa and set aside.
• Put the butter, water and caster sugar into a saucepan and heat gently, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Bring to a simmer.
• Pour the hot mixture into the sieved icing sugar/cocoa mixture; mix together until its thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Pour coating quickly over the cake; smooth over the sides. Leave to set before serving.

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH FUDGE FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Cake: Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.ake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with the fudge frosting.
• 2. Fudge Frosting: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. Makes approximately 2 cups of frosting.