Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe

This following recipe is dark, rich and very chocolatey! Will yield 12 slices.

Ingredients

• 125g dark chocolate chips 
• 100g butter 
• 275g caster sugar 
• 65 ml oil vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 17 g cocoa powder
• 150g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 250 ml boiling hot water
• 1 tbsp instant coffee granules

GANACHE

• 250 ml heavy cream 
• 250g dark chocolate chips 

Instructions

• Preheat conventional oven to 150C or 130C (fan). Grease a 9" springform cake pan and line with baking paper. 
• Place butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Microwave 3 x 30 seconds on high, mix in between until melted..
• Add oil, vanilla and sugar, mix to combine.
• Add eggs and mix until combined.
• Sift cocoa, baking powder and flour (and coffee) directly into the bowl. Mix until smooth, batter will be thin. 
• Add hot water. Mix until incorporated.
• Pour into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out moist but clean. Check at 50 minutes. 
• Remove sides from the cake pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool. Cool completely before carefully handling to remove base

GANACHE

• Place chocolate and cream in a heatproof bowl. Microwave 3 x 30 seconds, mixing in between, until chocolate melts. DO NOT let cream come to boil.
• Stir chocolate until smooth. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
• Spread over the cake - tops and sides.