Chocolate Fudge Cake by Videojug Team

You will need


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■ 450 g milk chocolate
■ 230 g semisweet or extra bittersweet chocolate
■ 340 g softened butter
■ 750 g cake flour
■ 500 g light brown sugar
■ 2 ¼ tsp baking powder
■ ¾ tsp baking soda
■ ¾ tsp salt
■ 380 ml milk
■ 3 eggs
■ 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
■ 110 g unsweetened chocolate
■ 170 g softened butter


Serves:
9
Preparation Time:
25 minutes
Cooking Time:
40 minutes
Oven Temperature:
175° c - 350° f


Step 1: Prepare Milk Chocolate Frosting

Coarsely chop the two kinds of chocolate and combine in a double broiler until completely melted with occasional stirring. Let the melted chocolate cool for about 20 minutes. Mix together the butter and cooled chocolate for 3 minutes or until well-blended.





Step 2: Prepare Fudge Cake Batter

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease two, 9-inch cake pans lined with greased and dusted waxed paper.In a large mixing bowl, sift 3 cups of flour, baking soda, sugar, salt and baking powder. Whisk vanilla, eggs and 1/2 cup of milk in a separate bowl and set aside.Coarsely chop the chocolate and melt using a double boiler. Add the butter and the rest of the milk in to the flour mixture and beat for 1 and 1/2 minutes. Mix well and scrape the sides of the bowl twice. Gradually add the egg and milk mixture in three intervals and mix for 20 seconds intervals for every addition. Mix-in the chocolate until well-incorporated.


Step 3: Finish The Cake

Evenly transfer the batter in to the cake pans and bake in the middle of the oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until springy. Allow to cool for 10 minutes and transfer to racks. Let it completely cool before adding frosting. Spread frosting on the layers and use the remaining frosting to cover the entire cake.Decorate the surface of the frosted cake with zigzag patterns or spikes or as desired.Serve in wedges.