Chocolate fudge cake
Forget counting calories and give yourself a treat! The deliciously indulgent dark chocolate and golden syrup makes this cake taste heavenly
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Cooking time: 1 hr
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Serves: 10
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Skill level: Bit of effort
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Costs: Mid-price
Ingredients
You need a good dark chocolate for a rich flavour. Try Green & Black's - or go for the supermarket's own brand.
For the cake:
- 200g (7oz) dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
- 140g (5oz) butter, softened
- 200g (7oz) light muscovado sugar
- 5 medium eggs, separated
- 1tsp baking powder
- 100g (3½ oz) plain flour
For the icing:
- 250g (9oz) dark chocolate
- 1tbsp golden syrup
- 100g (3½ oz) unsalted butter
Method
- For the cake, melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating as you go. Fold in the baking powder and flour and stir in the melted chocolate.
- Whisk the egg whites until they hold their shape, then gently fold into the cake mixture.
- Tip the mixture into a 20cm (8in) loose-based tin lined with greaseproof paper. Bake at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for 35 mins, or until a cocktail stick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool in the tin on a wire rack.
- For the icing, put all the ingredients in a bowl over a pan of simmering water until the chocolate and butter have melted. Stir and allow to cool.
- Put the icing in the fridge and stir every 5 mins, until ready to spread over the cooled cake.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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Gen, posted 2 weeks ago
Hands down the best chocolate cake ive ever made OR tasted!
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cheralle, posted 1 month ago
it looks really nice i wish i was eating that cake now you know.
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Stephanie, posted 5 months ago
i made this cake for my husband for father's day and it was soooooo yummy, i followed the recipe and it turned out perfect, you rely cant go wrong.
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Ross, posted 6 months ago
Looks really delicous like choclate too as well as marbel and sponge cake with choco chip
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Mel, posted 6 months ago
WOW! What a cake! Rich but fluffy and really tasty!! My first time baking a chocolate fudge cake and it was just so easy to make and it turned out great! Thank you for a great recipe!
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ryan, posted 7 months ago
all i have to say is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty
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sam, posted 10 months ago
This cake is so BEAUTIFUL, so TASTY, so RICH, so FLUFFY and LIGHT. THIS IS THE BEST RECIPE EVER. Try it you won’t REGRET IT Thanks for all the comments it helps
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jerri-jean, posted 1 year ago
i like it because it is good
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frank butch, posted 1 year ago
this is like sooo tatally cool i made it for my boii friend hehehehheheheheheheeh OMG
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Lucianne Terant, posted 1 year ago
Fantasicaa I made This 9 weeks Ago And Mmmm The Taste Was Delicious mmm mm mm Make this, really Make This ahha fantasic And The Chocolate Icing Ahhhh Treat Mate , Mmm And Mines Was Obviously so Beautifully Made Because Im A Perfectionist, MAKE THIS I ADVISE YOU TO . DO IT DO IT DO IT. Dont Buy One Its Better To Do So Yourself Go And Make It .
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Katy, posted 1 year ago
Great Recipe.
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sara, posted 1 year ago
that is looking delicous yummy so nice so beautiful
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