Ghiradelli Fudge Cake

Name: Ghiradelli Fudge Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 9" layer cake
Ingredients: 2 cups unsifted cake flour; 1 3/4 cups sugar; 3/4 cup ghirardelli cocoa; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, very soft; 3/4 cup milk; 1/2 cup water; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 4 ounces ghirardelli semisweet chocolate; 4 tablespoons butter; 3 cups powdered sugar; & # 8531 cup Hot milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Submitted by FLUFFSTER

"This is sinfully delicious! Easy to make and your family and guest will be begging for this recipe! Ghiradelli's chocolates are very smooth and so delicious! Ingredients and directions are both listed below. This recipe makes a 9" double layer cake. Source: Recipes from Ghirardelli Chocolate Company of San Francisco From: Sallie Austin"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 16
Yields:: 1 9" layer cake

ingredients

For the cake
2 cups unsifted cake flour
1 ³⁄₄ cups sugar
³⁄₄ cup ghirardelli cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, very soft
³⁄₄ cup milk
¹⁄₂ cup water
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
For the frosting
4 ounces ghirardelli semisweet chocolate
4 tablespoons butter
3 cups powdered sugar
& # 8531 cup Hot milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

For the cake:.
Heat oven to 350°F Measure the 6 dry ingredients into large mixer bowl. Mix on low 1 minute to combine. Add remaining ingredients, all at once. Mix on medium 1 minute, scraping down bowl, to blend mixture; beat on high for 3 minutes.
Spread into 2 parchment lined or greased and lightly floured 9 by 1-1/2" round cake pans.
Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes; cool 5 minutes. Remove layers and cool on racks.
When completely cool, frost with Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting. See below.
For the frosting:
In heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken chocolate with butter, stirring constantly. Beat sugar with milk, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Add melted chocolate and beat until thick enough to spread on cake.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

FLUFFSTER

Bullhead City, Arizona

I would like to welcome you to my recipes. I have been with Food.com since 10/05. My beloved husband, Tom, passed away 3 years ago. My world stopped. It's taken me all this time to find my way back to life without him. I have been so blessed to have found my second, once in a lifetime. I've met an amazing man who is so good to me. We moved from Las Vegas, Nevada to Bullhead City, Az. in February, and we love it here. I have worked at Bally's and Paris hotel.casinos, in Las Vegas. I have seen some very famous entertainers, including Liza Minnelli, Penn and Teller, Ray Liotta, Dr. J (Julius Erving), Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara Marx. and many, many more. Cooking is my passion, and I am slowly, but surely beginning to venture into the world of baking. To me, cooking is so much easier because baking is so much more exact. I love to make Italian and Mexican food the best, followed by Chinese and last, but by far the least, good old American food! How can you beat chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy?? I love to find several recipes and put my own spin on them and create a new recipe.

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