Ingredients
- 100g spreadable butter, plus extra for greasing
- 250ml milk
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 100g plain chocolate, melted
- 15g cocoa powder, sifted
- 300g self-raising flour, sifted
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, sifted
- 225g golden caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 225g plain chocolate, broken up
- 100g butter
- 142ml carton double cream
METHOD
How to make chocolate fudge cake
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/fan160C/gas
4. Grease a 20cm round, deep cake tin and line with baking paper. Mix
the milk and vinegar. Place all the other cake ingredients in a large
mixing bowl. Pour in the milk mixture and beat with an electric hand
whisk, until smooth. Spread into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour, until
firm in the centre. Cool for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack to
cool completely.
2. Meanwhile, make the icing. Melt the
chocolate and butter together in the microwave for 3 minutes on medium,
stirring halfway through. Alternatively, melt the chocolate and butter
in a bowl over a pan of just simmering water. Stir until smooth, then
beat in the cream. Cool slightly.
3. Halve the cake through the middle.
Spread a quarter of the icing on 1 half and sandwich together. Spread
the rest over the top and sides..
