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Tunnel of Fudge Cake

Serves: 16

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Ella Rita Helfrich - Houston, Texas
Bake-Off® Contest 17, 1966 Prize Winner
The recipe arguably the most closely identified with the Bake-Off® Contest, this divine chocolate 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 cups sugar
   1 3/4 cups margarine or butter, softened
   6 eggs
   2 cups powdered sugar
   2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
   3/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
   2 cups chopped walnuts *
   
   GLAZE
   3/4 cup powdered sugar
   1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
   4 to 6 teaspoons milk
   
   __Ella Rita Helfrich ..........Click the Edit tab and select this entry to learn more about this Bake-Off® Contest Winner.


Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan. In large bowl, combine sugar and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add 2 cups 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 at 350°F. for 45 to 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 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.

TIPS:
* Nuts are essential for the success of this recipe.
**Since this cake has a soft filling, an ordinary doneness test cannot be used. Accurate oven temperature and baking times are essential.

HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: Increase flour to 21/4 cups plus 3 tablespoons. Bake as directed above.

Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 550; Protein 8g; Carbohydrate 58g; Fat 32g; Sodium 300mg

From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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