Recipe: 00227 Title : Chocolate Fudge Cake Author: Don Giberson Date : July 1995 _________________________________________________________________________ >From "The Gay of Cooking" Preheat oven to 275 degrees Farenheit. Butter and cocoa (not "grease & flour"!) a bundt cake pan. In a double boiler, melt 5 oz. of unsweetened baker's chocolate & 1/2 lb. butter. Remove from heat. Add 1.5 cups strong black coffee*, 1/4 cup bourbon**. Stir in 1.5 cups granulated sugar. In an electric mixer bowl, combine chocolate mixture, 1.5 cups flour (added gradually), 1 tsp. baking soda, a "pinch" of salt, 2 slightly-beaten eggs, 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract. Beat until smooth. It will have the consistency of not-set pudding (a bit thinner than regular cake batter). Pour into prepared bundt pan, bake for 1.5 hr. at 275 deg. F. Allow to cool completely, then turn out of pan onto serving plate. (If it strongly resists, warm slightly in the oven again.) Serve with freshly-whipped cream or high-quality vanilla ice cream. Enjoy! * I despise and detest drinking "flavored" coffees, but they work extremely well in this recipe. My friends think hazelnut-flavored coffee makes this cake best. ** I often "adjust" the quantity of coffee, and add Tia Maria, merlot or cabernet wine, Amaretto (or whatever else I feel like experimenting with) to the bourbon. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _________________________________________________________________________