Friday, April 9, 2010

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Delicious.... Thanks Mr Oliver!

Serves 8

Ingredients:
200g milk chocolate
125g butter
120g soft brown sugar
100g blanched almonds
2Tblsp cocoa powder
a pinch of salt
4 large eggs
150g self-raising flour
100g fudge
creme fraiche/vanilla ice-cream

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius.
2. Break up the chocolate and blend with the butter, sugar, almonds, 1Tblsp of the cocoa powderand the salt until smooth.
3. Crack the eggs into the mixture and blend until smooth, then add the flour and mix.
4. Grease an oven dish and sprinkle the remaining cocoa powder around the dish.
5. Pour the cake mixture into the dish.
6. Break the fudge into pieces and sprinkle these over the top of the cake mix. Push larger pieces into the mixture.
7. Put the baking dish into the oven and cook for 18-20minutes. Poke the cake andif there's still a bit of cake mixture on the stick, then take it out. Otherwise put it back in the oven for 3-5minutes.
8. Serve the cake warm with creme fraiche or vanilla ice-cream.