CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE WITH ANGEL FROSTING
The ultimate in indulgence, this chocolate fudge cake looks like a star with American-style frosting and bakes in just one tin
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Afternoon tea, Treat
Time 2h45m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 4 and grease and line a deep, 20cm round cake tin. Whizz the chocolate in a food processor until crumbs. Tip the flour, sugar, cocoa, oil, 150ml soured cream, eggs, vanilla and 150ml water into the largest mixing bowl you have. Whisk with an electric whisk until smooth, then quickly stir in 150g of your whizzed-up chocolate bits. Scrape into a tin, and bake on the middle shelf for 1 hr 20-1 hr 30 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
- While the cake is baking, make the icing. Combine remaining chocolate bits and soured cream with 2 tbsp soft brown sugar in a small saucepan and heat, stirring, until the chocolate is melted and you have a smooth icing. Leave to cool.
- When the cake is cool, slice it into 3 even layers. Spread 2 layers with chocolate icing.
- To make the angel frosting, put the sugar, vanilla and liquid glucose in a pan with 125ml water. Bring to the boil and cook just until the sugar has melted and the syrup turns clear. Take off the heat. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites until stiff, then continue beating, gradually pouring in the hot sugar syrup in a steady stream, until the mixture is fluffy and thick enough to spread - this might take a few mins as the mixture cools. Beat in the icing sugar. Work quickly and spread a tiny bit over each chocolate-covered layer. Assemble cake and swirl remaining frosting over entire cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 849 calories, Fat 35 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 132 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 107 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.47 milligram of sodium
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