Tunnel of Fudge Cake

This was the Pillsbury Bake-Off $5,000 winner of 1966. It was entered by Ella Rita Helrich. This cake mysteriously develops a "tunnel of fudge" filling as it bakes. Don't scrimp on the nuts, or it won't work.

Cake

1 3/4 c. sugar

1 3/4 c. margarine or butter, softened

6 eggs

2 c. powdered sugar

2 1/4 c. flour

3/4 c. unsweetened cocoa

2 c. chopped walnuts

Glaze

3/4 c. powdered sugar

1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa

4-6 t. milk

Heat oven to 350° and grease and flour a bundt pan. Combine sugar and margarine, beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add 2 c. powdered sugar, blend well. By hand, stir in flour and remaining cake ingredients until well blended. Spoon batter into greased and floured pan; spread evenly. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until top is set and edges are beginning to pull away from sides of pan. COOL UPRIGHT IN PAN ON WIRE RACK FOR 1 1/2 HOURS. Invert onto serving plate; cool at least 2 hours. In a small bowl combine all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Spoon over top of cake, allowing some to run down sides. Store tightly covered.

NOTE:

I used this icing:

1 c. sugar

5 T. butter

1/3 c. milk

1 c. semi sweet chocolate chips

Place the butter, sugar and milk in a pan over medium heat. Stir until the mixture comes to a boil, 3-4 minutes. Still stirring, let the mixture boil until the sugar dissolves, 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in the chocolate chips and continue to stir until the mixture is smooth and the chocolate has melted. Wait until desired thickness is reached and pour over cake.

Chocolate Bundt Cake

I took this bundt cake to my brother's wedding for the guests. I also doubled the recipe and made this cake into a 10" layer cake to take as a groom's cake. My son, Randy, made the carpenter's pouch out of fondant. It was his first time to use fondant and he did a great job.

1 pkg dry chocolate cake mix

1 small pkg instant chocolate pudding mix

1 c. sour cream

1/2 c. water

1/2 c. oil

4 eggs

1 1/2 c. semi sweet chocolate chips

Combine everything but the chips in a bowl and blend well with an electric mixer. Stir in the chips last. The batter will be very thick. Put it in a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350° for 58 to 62 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a rack to cool completely.

Fudge Icing

1 c. sugar

5 T. butter

1/3 c. milk

1 c. semi sweet chocolate chips

Place the sugar, butter and milk in a pan over medium heat. Stir until the mixture comes to a boil, 3-4 minutes. Still stirring, let the mixture boil until the sugar dissolves, 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the chocolate chips, and continue to stir until the mixture is smooth and the chocolate has melted. Wait until desired thickness is reached and spoon over the cake. Watch closely because it sets up quickly.

Jack O Lantern Bundt Cake

I received this Buttery Pound Cake recipe from a friend, Cathy Reynolds. My son added the face and drew the pumpkin leaves. One of these days I'll post cakes that my sons decorate. They are quite the cake decorators. I made two bundt cakes, tinted the batter orange and put them together for a pumpkin cake.

2 c. sugar

1 c. butter, softened

5 eggs

1/4 c. sour cream

1/3 c. milk

2 1/2 c. flour

1/2 t. salt

Heat oven to 350°. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often until creamy, about 2-3 minutes. Continue beating, adding 1 egg at a time until well mixed. Add sour cream, milk and vanilla. Continue beating and scraping bowl often until well mixed. Reduce speed to low and add flour and salt just until moistened. Put batter into well-greased and floured bundt or # 10 tube pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, run a knife around edges and dump out onto cooling rack. Trim top and put two cakes together, top to top, for a pumpkin.

Cinnamon Roll Cake

For my first recipe, I am sharing one that I got from HERE. It sounded so good that I made it and before the week was over I had made it for my THIRD TIME! I wish you could smell how good it smells when it's baking. It smells like homemade cinnamon rolls!
(Do you like the picture? I couldn't get the camera before it looked like this!)














1 yellow cake mix

4 eggs

3/4 c. oil

1 c. sour cream

Mix well and pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan.

Mix 1 c. brown sugar and 1 T. cinnamon together well and pour over cake batter. Swirl into batter with a knife.

Bake at 325 for 35-40 minutes. Let cool 10-15 minutes before icing.

Icing:

2 c. powdered sugar

4 t. milk

(Instead, I used canned icing that I melted in the microwave for 20 seconds.)

Try it, it's easy and your friends and family will LOVE it!