Yummy chocolate cake to fulfill your chocolate craving.
Course Dessert
Keyword cake, chocolate cake, dessert
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Cooling time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 55 minutesminutes
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake:
2cupsbrown sugar
1/2cupvegetable shortening
1cupbuttermilk
1teaspoonvanilla
2ouncesunsweetened chocolatemelted
3eggs
2cupssifted all-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
Hot Fudge Sauce:
14-ounce bar German chocolate
1/2-ounceunsweetened chocolate
8tablespoons1 stick butter
3cupspowdered sugar
1 2/3cupsevaporated milk
1 1/4teaspoonsvanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
To make the cake, cream the brown sugar with the shortening in an electric mixer. Add the buttermilk and vanilla then the melted chocolate. With the mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time. Sift the flour with the baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and beat for 2 minutes.
Grease and flour a 13 by 9 by 2-inch rectangular cake pan. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake until the cake is springy and a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly, about 40 minutes. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes then turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling.
To make the sauce: Melt the 2 chocolates with the butter in a saucepan over very low heat. Stir in the powdered sugar, alternating with evaporated milk and blending well. Stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer until the mixture becomes thick and creamy, about 8 minutes. Stir in the vanilla. Serve slices of cake topped with warm fudge sauce.
Notes
Note - In my opinion, a big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream is a must for this recipe. It is the perfect compliment to the rich fudge sauce!