The Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Name: The Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 275 g (9¾ oz/1⅓ cups) demerara sugar; 150 g (5½ oz) unsweetened cocoa powder; 200 g (7 oz) unsalted butter; 100 g (3½ oz/1 cup) almond meal; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 725 g (1 lb 9½ oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 100 g (3½ oz) unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 150 ml (5 fl oz) buttermilk; 100 g (3½ oz) chocolate, roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract; 100 g (3½ oz) dark chocolate; 180 g (6½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 300 g (10½ oz) cream cheese

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

Much denser than my other buttermilk chocolate cake, the genoise in this cake has the added richness of chocolate and cocoa powder. You need a little dexterity to make this cake, but it is worth the trouble.

Ingredients

For the cake:

100 g (3½ oz) dark chocolate
180 g (6½

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
Microwave

Method

MAKE THE CAKE. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Butter two cake tins, 20 cm (8 inches