Name: Chocolate fudge cake
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 125 gram unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cup (385g) caster sugar; 3 eggs; 200 gram dark cooking chocolate, melted; 1 2/3 cups (250g) self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup (180ml) milk; 1/2 cup (50g) walnuts, toasted, chopped; Chocolate sauce; 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream; 200 gram dark cooking chocolate, chopped

Ingredients

125 gram unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 3/4 cup (385g) caster sugar

3 eggs

200 gram dark cooking chocolate, melted

1 2/3 cups (250g) self-raising flour

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (180ml) milk

1/2 cup (50g) walnuts, toasted, chopped

Chocolate sauce

1 cup (250ml) thickened cream

200 gram dark cooking chocolate, chopped

Method

1.Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Lightly grease a 22cm springform cake tin; line base with baking paper.

2.In a medium bowl, beat butter, vanilla and sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour in the chocolate a little at a time; beat until combined. In two batches, stir in the sifted dry ingredients and milk.

3.Pour the mixture into the tin. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

4.To make chocolate sauce, heat cream in a small saucepan until almost boiling. Stir in chocolate until melted.

5.Serve cake with warm chocolate sauce. Top with walnuts.

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