Chocolate Fudge Cake

Chocolate Fudge Cake

A great chocolate fudge cake for parties and events.

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Recipe by Gordan Ramsey JNR.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 12

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Method

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°F/ Gas mark 4. Grease and line two 18cm sandwich tins.
  2. Sieve the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.
  3. Add the sugar and mix well. make a well in centre and add the syrup,eggs,oil and milk. beat well until smooth.
  4. Spoon the mixture into the two tins and bake for 25-30 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. remove from oven,leave to cool before turning out onto a cooling rack.
  5. Sandwich the two cakes together with butter cream icing, to make the icing place the butter in a bowl and beat until soft.
  6. Gradually sift and beat in the icing sugar and then add enough milk/water until soft (if you add to much milk/water just sift some more icing sugar in) make the icing fluffy and spreadable.
  7. Finally sandwich the cakes together with the icing and the cover the cake in the rest of the icing. use a fork to put some patterns on the top if needed.
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  • 12 April 2010

    Siddy commented on this recipe

    Nice Resipe!!.. I Will Be Cooking it Verry Soon!!..xx

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  • 12 May 2010

    josh1394 commented on this recipe

    i like cheese :-3

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  • 31 May 2010

    ponygirl007 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic recipe - made this twice for the family and it never lasts very long - delicious!

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  • 16 March 2011

    westy commented on this recipe

    This is same recipe as the top member recipe naughty chocolate fudge cake. the only difference being the 1.5 tsp bicarb which sounds like far too much to me.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ingredients

  • 175g Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
  • 2 medium sized eggs - beaten
  • 1/4pt sunflower oil
  • 1/4pt Milk
  • FOR THE ICING
  • 75g unsalted butter
  • 175g icing sugar (more if needed)
  • 2.5 tbsp cocoa powder
  • milk or warm water
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