Savannah Chocolate Cake With Hot Fudge Sauce

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Paula Deen

Serves 12 people

Categories: Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Paula Deen

Ingredients

  • Chocolate Cake:
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Hot Fudge Sauce:
  • 1 (4 ounce) bar German chocolate
  • 1/2 ounce unsweetened chocolate
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter or 8 tablespoons unsalted margarine
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 2/3 cups evaporated milk
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

  1. Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Cream the brown sugar with the shortening in an electric mixer.

  3. Add the buttermilk and vanilla then the melted chocolate.

  4. With the mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time.

  5. Sift the flour with baking soda, and salt.

  6. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and beat for 2 minutes.

  7. Butter and flour a 13×9×2-inch rectangular cake pan.

  8. Pour the batter into prepared cake pan and bake until the cake is springy and a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly, about 40 minutes.

  9. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes the turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling.

  10. Sauce: Melt the German chocolate with the butter in a saucepan over very low heat.

  11. Stir in the powdered sugar, alternating with the evaporated milk and blending well.

  12. Stirring constantly, brin the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.

  13. Simmer until the sauce becomes thick and creamy, about 8 minutes.

  14. Stir in the vanilla.

  15. Serve slices of cake topped with warm fudge sauce.

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