Frosted chocolate fudge cake

Name: Frosted chocolate fudge cake
Ingredients: 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups self-raising (self-rising) flour; 2255 g/8 oz plain (semisweet) chocolate, broken into pieces; 3 eggs, beaten; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup Greek (US strained plain) yogurt; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, plus extra for dusting; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup unsalted butter; 90 ml/6 tbsp Greek (US strained plain) yogurt; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 115 g/4 oz plain (semisweet) chocolate, broken into pieces; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup light muscovado (brown) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Rich and dreamy, this chocolate cake has added depth of flavour from muscovado sugar and thick yogurt. The chocolate fudge frosting also contains yogurt, giving it a creamy consistency. It couldn’t be easier to make, or more delicious to eat. Keep, refrigerated, for up to three days.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
115

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and line two 20cm/8in round shallow cake tins (pans) with baking parchment.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the butter with t