Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake
Total Time
55 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
40 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
(14)
Ingredients
10 servings
- 1 cup plain/all-purpose flour (Note 2)
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened), sifted (Note 1)30g)
- 3/4 tsp baking powder (Note 2)
- 3/4 tsp baking soda/bi-carb (sifted if lumpy) (Note 2)
- 1 cup caster/superfine sugar (sub ordinary white sugar)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk (, full fat, at room temperature)
- 75g / 5 tbsp unsalted butter (, melted and cooled slightly)
- 1 tbsp oil (canola, veg or other neutral oil) - keeps cake moist for days)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup thickened / heavy cream, or pure cream (not low fat, too thin)
- 1 1/4 cups dark chocolate melts or chips (US: semi-sweet chips) - or finely chopped 60 - 70% cocoa chocolate block (Note 3)
- Vanilla ice cream
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan). Grease a 20cm/8" cake pan with butter then line with paper.
Step 2
Whisk Dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Step 3
Add Wet - Then add all the Wet ingredients EXCEPT the boiling water. Whisk until combined. Then add the boiling water and whisk until smooth. The batter will be pretty thin.
Step 4
Bake 40 min - Pour into the pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out mostly clean - a faint smear of batter isn't a bad thing, we're making a fudge cake here!
Step 5
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a plate, then onto a cooling rack or plate right side up. Cool for a further 10 minutes - the cake will still be warm for serving.
Step 6
Serving - Cut slices of the warm cake. Top with a scoop of ice cream. Douse with fudge sauce - just shy of 1/4 cup per slice (10 slices). Eat and swoon!
Step 7
Chocolate fudge sauce (makes 2 cups):
Step 8
Heat cream until hot, just before boiling point, using your method of choice - saucepan or microwave.
Step 9
Stand 5 min - Put chocolate in bowl. Pour over hot cream. Ensure all chocolate is submerged, then cover with a plate. Leave for 5 minutes.
Step 10
Mix - Using a whisk or rubber spatula, mix vigorously until the cream and chocolate combine into a silky chocolate sauce.
Step 11
Cool to thicken for 20 minutes. Give it a stir then pour into a jug for serving!
Step 12
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