Name: Chocolate Fudge Cake
Ingredients: 4½ oz (120 g) unsalted butter; 6 oz (150 g) caster sugar; 3½ fl oz (100 ml) water; 1 lb (450 g) dark chocolate; 1½ lb (675 g) caster sugar; 1 lb (450 g) unsalted butter; 2 drops vanilla essence; 12 eggs; 10 oz (275 g) fresh white breadcrumbs; 8 oz (225 g) ground almonds; 3 oz (75 g) cocoa powder; 9 oz (250 g) icing sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Shaun Hill's Cookery Book

By Shaun Hill

Published 1990

About

Cake made with breadcrumbs rather than flour might seem odd, but doesn’t taste it. This is a cake for morning coffee or afternoon tea in smallish slices rather than a dessert.

Ingredients

1 lb (450 g) dark chocolate
1 lb (450

Method

The Fudge Cake

Melt the chocolate. There is no way to do this quickly. Break the chocolate into small pieces, place them in a bowl and stand the bowl in a pan of warm water. Alternatively leave the chocolate somewhere warm in the kitchen and be patient.
Cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale.
Add the eggs, beating them in one by