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Chocolate Fudge Cake
12 servings · 60 min total
A deeply chocolatey, tender-crumbed layer cake blanketed in glossy dark chocolate ganache. The ultimate celebration cake.
Ingredients
- 250 g wheat flour
- 300 g white sugar
- 80 g cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 egg
- 2½ dl buttermilk
- 1¼ dl vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 2 dl heavy cream
Contains: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy
Allergen info is best-effort — please verify yourself.
Method
- 1.
Mix the dry ingredients — Heat the oven to 175°C/350°F and line two round tins. Whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- 2.
Make the cake batter — Whisk in the eggs, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and about 120 ml boiling water until you have a thin, smooth batter.
- 3.
Bake and cool the layers — Divide between the tins and bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely.
- 4.
Make and apply the ganache — For the ganache, heat the cream until steaming, pour over the chopped chocolate and stir until glossy. Let it thicken, then sandwich and coat the cake.