Chocolate fudge cake

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• Georgie

  13 August 2011

  Georgie commented on this recipe

  Delicious, I've made it twice and both times it's been perfect, used creme fraiche the first time and cream the second :)

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• JoJo

  01 September 2011

  JoJo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The icing is delicious. I'd recommend letting it cool a little then pouring small half onto cake put into fridge to set then add the rest.

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• the boys mum

  01 September 2011

  the boys mum rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this exactly as recipe, but only needed 45 mins in the oven, and it was very dry and crumbly we were disappointed. Does any one know why this was so dry?

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• Lil_Mrs_M

  14 September 2011

  Lil_Mrs_M commented on this recipe

  Gorgeous cake! Easy to make and tastes amazing. Would be delicious warm with some ice cream. Everyone loved it and folks even asked for a slice to take home. Great result!

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• puddleduck

  16 September 2011

  puddleduck commented on this recipe

  this says put choc butter and sugar in water, but theres no water in ingredients, does this mean over water ? how much water do i put in if its an ingredient ?

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• bagpuss

  06 October 2011

  bagpuss rated and commented on this recipe

  

  this is perfect..easy to make and even easier to eat...my son descibed it as "turbo" which in Royal Marine language means excellent!!

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• VickyP

  09 October 2011

  VickyP commented on this recipe

  Wow .... Delicious, v rich but so easy 2 make, my 9 year old made it as his birthday cake without any trouble at all. Went down really well with children and grown ups alike, will most Definately make it again, no changes 2 the recipe.

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• aussiechick

  15 October 2011

  aussiechick commented on this recipe

  Love this cake! So easy to make & never fails. Only change I made to the recipe was to use only half the amount of cocoa. To use up the rest of the pot of soured cream, I make the icing with 160g melted dark chocolate mixed with 100ml soured cream - luscious!

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• missadie

  15 October 2011

  missadie commented on this recipe

  HELP! I want to make this tomorrow and am a little confused by the recipe. Do I melt the choc, sugar, butter in WITH the water or does it mean I melt it in a bowl over hot water? It seems slightly odd to melt them in the water but I am no expert!

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• tom thumb

  16 October 2011

  tom thumb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Brilliant, so easy to make, made it for my husband as a Birthday cake as he loves chocolate and we all enjoyed it so much going to make it for my son's birthday but going to try making two and sandwich it together with the fudge sauce so that I can decorate the top with his favourite character. Will leave my comments if this works well.

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• Margo

  28 October 2011

  Margo commented on this recipe

  Fantastic cake - made it for my 4 year old boy for his birthday. It was amazing. First proper cake i have ever successfully made. Brilliant! So easy and delicious!!!

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• Margo

  28 October 2011

  Margo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  5 stars!

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• freshCream

  30 October 2011

  freshCream commented on this recipe

  please can someone tell me whether this recipe is dense enough to hold its shape? i am making a castle cake for my daughter, two tiered, so need it to be pretty firm. also, i want to fill the cake with a delicious icing, i was thinking chocolate ganache but if someone has made the icing in this recipe, please tell me, is it tastier than ganache or should i add this icing to whipped cream instead? lastly, does it freeze well? if i make it and freeze it today (i need it in one week) do i have to thaw it overnight before putting cream on, or can i just garnish it and put it in the fridge straight out of the freezer?

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• freshCream

  08 November 2011

  freshCream rated and commented on this recipe

  

  so i have made this cake twice now, and concluded that it just does not rise; easy n quick to make, but i found the original recipe very dry, and the icing really terrible (very oily and liquidy - thankfully after reaching room temperature the butter rose to the top and i was able to pour it off and use it in another recipe) - would much prefer a ganache instead. the second time i made it i used wholemeal flour instead of white, and didnt add the sour cream. it is now sitting in the freezer waiting for the weekend when i drench it in lots of caramel and ganache for my little girl's birthday party. this is definitely not the best chocolate cake recipe i have made - the Ultimate Choc Cake on this website is way better. I am now at this moment baking Delia's chocolate almond cake - the search for the best choc cake continues!

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• Doris

  18 December 2011

  Doris rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very dissapointed with this recipe...followed it exactly as it states but it turned our extremelly dry & very hard on top. Have made hundreds of cakes over the years & one has never come out as awful as this one. Will stick to brownies in the future...

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• Lynnette

  04 January 2012

  Lynnette rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This cake was lovely and very easy to make. Going to make it again with milk chocolate.

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• indira

  11 January 2012

  indira rated and commented on this recipe

  

  just tried this last night and brought to the office this morning. they all love it!!! will make this again very soon for sure!! I reduce the sugar and use palm sugar instead.

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• grace97

  02 February 2012

  grace97 commented on this recipe

  iam 15 and i thought it was brilliant to make, the only bit that went wrong was the icing, it tasted horrible, prehaps i made it wrong. I will make it again and see if it turns out like that. But on the other hand, i thought it was really fun to make and really easy too. Thankyou for a amaziingly brilliant recipe!

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• Allie

  22 February 2012

  Allie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really looked forward to making this as my Birthday cake .. followed it to the letter and it smelt great when cooking. However, am very disappointed with the finished result .. although very light in texture the cake is too dry for my preference. And too bitter-chocolate in taste. Also, not at all keen on the icing. Have found and made better Brownie and Fudge Cake recipes in the past and will be making them again in future rather than this one. Shame .. it looked so good in the photo (mine looked great too!). Still, you can't please all of the people all of the time as they say!!

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• Lani

  23 February 2012

  Lani commented on this recipe

  Hey guys, hoping to make this for my friends birthday, would it still cook the same in a round cake tin? Thanks:)

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Ingredients

• 200g plain chocolate , broken into chunks (use one with a low cocoa content - we used Waitrose plain Belgian chocolate)
• 200g butter
• 200g light brown muscovado sugar
• 100ml soured cream
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 5 tbsp cocoa powder
• hundreds and thousands , to decorate

FOR THE ICING

• 100g plain chocolate
• 170g can condensed milk
• 100g butter

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Difficulty and servings

Cuts into 12

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 1 hr

Un-iced sponges can be frozen

Ingredients

• 200g plain chocolate , broken into chunks (use one with a low cocoa content - we used Waitrose plain Belgian chocolate)
• 200g butter
• 200g light brown muscovado sugar
• 100ml soured cream
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 5 tbsp cocoa powder
• hundreds and thousands , to decorate

FOR THE ICING

• 100g plain chocolate
• 170g can condensed milk
• 100g butter

Per serving

502 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 49g, fat 33 g, saturated fat 20g, fibre 1g, sugar 35g, salt 0.66 g

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