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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