Chocolate Fudge Cake

Chocolate Fudge Cake
  • Author: robyncorduff

This delectable chocolate fudge cake features layers of moist and light sponge slathered with a rich, velvety chocolate icing. Perfect for any occasion, this show-stopping dessert is sure to impress your family and friends. Indulge in each decadent bite of this irresistible cake!

— Constant Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 175g butter,softened plus extra for greasing
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 3tbsp golden syrup
  • 40g ground almonds/40g desicated coconut/zest of 1 orange
  • 175g self-raising flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 40g cocoa powder
  • For the icing
  • 225g plain chocolate broken into pieces
  • 55g dark muscovado sugar
  • 225g butter diced
  • 5 tbsp evaporated milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and line two 20cm sandwich tins.
  • For the icing place the ingredients in a saucepan. Heat gently, stirring constantly, until melted.( It may seperate but if this does happen keep stirring until it goes through.)
  • Pour into a bowl and leave to cool, cover and chill for 1 hour in the fridge or until spreadable.
  • for the cake, place the butter and sugar in a bowl and Beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Stir in the golden syrup and almonds.
  • Sift in the flour, salt and cocoa powder into a seperate bowl and gently mix together. Then fold into the mixture. Add a little water or milk if necessary to make a dropping consistency.
  • Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins and bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 mins or until springy to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  • Cool in the tins for 5 minutes then turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.
  • When the cakes are completely cool sandwich the cakes together with the icing, spread the remaining icing over the tops and on the sides with a palette knife swirling it to give it a frosted appeareance. Cut into slices and serve!

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Yield

Serves 8