chocolate fudge cake
Created | Updated May 18, 2012
you will need
200g lightly salted butter (unsalted will do)
200g plain chocolate
100ml double cream
3 eggs
150g muscovado sugar
100g self raising flour
icing:
200g plain chocolate
3tbsp golden syrup
55g unsalted butter
70g icing sugar
- Preheat oven to 160C/325F/gas 3 and line a 8inch square tin
- put butter chocolate and cream into a heatproof bowl and heat over a pan or in a microwave until all the butter and chocolate melts
- put eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat till it gets slightly bubbly then add the melted chocolate mix and the flour
- bake in oven for approximately 30 minuites or till a knife comes out clean
for the icing
- put chocolate, syrup, butter and icing into a small heavy bottomed sauce pan and place on a low heat until the chocolate melts and the mixture looks glossy. it will thicken when cooling
- if icing becomes too thick simply heat in the microwave for a minuite