Decadent Fudge Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 8 ounces sweet baking chocolate bars melted and cooled
- 1 cup chocolate syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips divided
- 4 oz white chocolate chopped
- 2 Tbs shortening
- 2 tsp shortening
- chocolate and white chocolate leaves optional
Instructions
- Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine buttermilk and soda, stirring well. Add to creamed mixture alternately with flour, beginning and ending with flour. Add 2 bars (8 oz total) melted chocolate, chocolate syrup, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into a heavily greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Invert cake immediately onto a serving plate, and let cool completely.
- Combine 4 ounces white chocolate and 2 tablespoons shortening in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Drizzle mixture over cooled cake.
- Melt remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 2 teaspoons shortening in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat, and let cool; drizzle over white chocolate. Garnish with chocolate and white chocolate leaves, if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 734kcalCarbohydrates: 85gProtein: 10gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 263mgPotassium: 447mgFiber: 6gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 595IUCalcium: 95mgIron: 6.7mg
