Recipe

Chocolate fudge cake

For a real chocolate rush, try this rich cake with warm sauce.

  • 1 hr cooking
  • Serves 10
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Ingredients

Chocolate fudge cake
  • 125 gram unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cup (385g) caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200 gram dark cooking chocolate, melted
  • 1 2/3 cups (250g) self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) milk
  • 1/2 cup (50g) walnuts, toasted, chopped
Chocolate sauce
  • 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream
  • 200 gram dark cooking chocolate, chopped

Method

Chocolate fudge cake
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Lightly grease a 22cm springform cake tin; line base with baking paper.
  • 2
    In a medium bowl, beat butter, vanilla and sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour in the chocolate a little at a time; beat until combined. In two batches, stir in the sifted dry ingredients and milk.
  • 3
    Pour the mixture into the tin. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
  • 4
    To make chocolate sauce, heat cream in a small saucepan until almost boiling. Stir in chocolate until melted.
  • 5
    Serve cake with warm chocolate sauce. Top with walnuts.