Monday 13 February 2017

Chocolate Fudge Cake

During a conversation with some friends, one of them mentioned about that famous Steam Chocolate Cake that was shared by Dralion many years ago.  Instead of steam, we wanted to try a baked version.

Thus, I consulted Dralion and she shared this baked version with me.  

Initially I was quite concern about the amount of liquid in this recipe but all turned out well.


Findings: The cake is moist and yet light and with good quality cocoa powder, this cake turned out really chocolaty and yummy.

Thanks A for sharing this wonderful recipe.  This might be another famous one that you shared for the steam chocolate cake back in 2006!

What you need:

300g plain flour
100g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda (I will reduce this to ½ tsp)

3 large eggs
360g castor sugar (I will reduce this to 300g)
1½ tsp vanilla extract

250ml evaporated milk
250ml corn oil
2 tbsp condensed milk

250ml boiling water

Method:

Preheat oven to 175°C.  Lined and greased a 8” square pan.  Half recipe will be 7”.

Sift plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda together.  Set aside.

Whisk eggs, castor sugar and vanilla extract on high speed until double in volume.

On low speed, add in evaporated milk, corn oil and condensed milk to the egg mixture, mix until well combined.

Add in flour mixture and whisk to combined.

Lastly pour in the boiling water and whisk until smooth. 

Pour batter pan and bake on the lowest rack for 40 – 1 hour. 

Cool cake in pan for 10 mins before transferring to cooling rack.


Cheers!


21 comments:

  1. Good morning Edith. These chocolate fudge looks really yummy. Love the texture. Hope you're going to have a great weekend.
    Blessings, Kristy

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    1. Hi Kristy, I hope you too have a great weekend. These days I am super occupied. Wish I have more time to blog read.

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  3. Hi. Looks yummy. Can I replace evapirated milk with full cream milk. What is the purpose of adding boiling water? Thanks!

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    1. Sorry for the delay as I was away. Yes you can replace evaporated milk with milk. As for the boiling water, it forms part of the recipe's liquid component.

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    2. Thanks! Sorry posted twice as i thought the earlier one did not get posted.

      Just wonder why boiling water, the science of it.

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    3. I believe it is to activate the raising agent.

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    4. To melt the coco powder...add boiling water

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    5. Coco powder already incorporated with the flour. Adding boiling water is to activate the raising agent.

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  4. Lovely! May I know at what temp do we bake it? Thanks

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    1. It is indicated on the first step in the method paragraph.

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  5. Wow Edith, u are still in contact with Dralion. I was one in this group too while we talked in KC. Hope u still remember me. We had made the steam one. Very moist and yummy

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    1. Hi Cindi, I remembered you. Yes Dralion and I had been in contact and became really good friends. I cannot access KC due to password issues. And yes that Steam Chocolate Fudge cake had since been circulating by via bloggers. I really hope no one forgets that Dralion was the one who shared this awesome recipe.

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  6. Wow! Looks so yummy. I have all the ingredients and going to bake tomorrow.

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    1. Try it Amy, You might want to try to reduce the baking soda. Do let me know how it turned out with the lower tsp of baking soda. I am curious,

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  7. What is the oven setting needed for this recipe?

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    1. Please refer to the first step in the method paragraph.

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  8. Hi. Will the boiling water cook the eggs? Thx Ling

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    1. Hi Ling, it will not as the eggs already have other ingredients incorporated to it.

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  9. Can this be decorated with fondant or royal icing?

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    1. No, this cake won't hold the fondant. It is recommended you look for a more dense recipe like a butter or madeira cake.

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