tunnel of fudge or carrot cake

[Tiggeroo]

Which would you bring to a Thanksgiving dinner. They are both very good but I have to choose between chocolate or cream cheese frosting.

 

[legalsea]

Which would you bring to a Thanksgiving dinner. They are both very good but I have to choose between chocolate or cream cheese frosting.

Fudge tunnel cake.

 

[Certifiable WDW Nut]

recipes!!!

 

[Katlyn]

When in doubt, choose chocolate

 

[~disneydiva~]

When in doubt, choose chocolate

 

[legalsea]

recipes!!!

Bake a chocoate cake.

Hollow out cake. Eat the part you removed.

Squeeze in a tunnel of fudge. Eat any leftover.

Then, eat the cake.

At least, such is my understanding. My mother used to make this cake and I never understood how she did it.

True, I could have 'helped out' in the kitchen while she was doing it, but I was a lad of 34 years and had other interests.

 

[Tiggeroo]

Tunnel of Fudge Cake

• 2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped

• 1/2 c. boiling water

• 3/4 c. Dutch-processed cocoa powder, plus extra for pan

• 2 c. flour

• 2 c. walnuts or pecans, finely chopped

• 2 c. powdered sugar

• 1 tsp. salt

• 5 eggs, at room temperature

• 1 tbsp. vanilla extract

• 1 c. granulated sugar

• 3/4 c. packed light brown sugar

• 11/4 c. (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for pan

For glaze:

• 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

• 1/2 c. heavy cream

• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

• 2 tbsp. water

Directions

To prepare cake: Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 12-cup Bundt pan and dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess. Place bittersweet chocolate in a small heatproof bowl. Add boiling water, whisk until smooth, cool to room temperature and reserve.

In a large bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, walnuts (or pecans), powdered sugar and salt and reserve.

In a large measuring cup, whisk together eggs and vanilla extract and reserve.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, add egg mixture and mix until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add chocolate mixture and mix until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Scrape batter into prepared pan, smooth batter with a rubber spatula and bake until edges are beginning to pull away from pan, about 45 minutes; do not overbake (do not use a cake tester, toothpick or skewer to test the cake).

Remove to a wire rack and cool, upright, for 1 1/2 hours. Invert cake onto serving plate and cool completely, at least 2 hours.

To prepare glaze: Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan over high heat, combine cream, granulated sugar and water and bring to a boil. Pour liquid over chocolate and let sit for 30 seconds. Using a whisk or a rubber spatula, gently stir chocolate and cream together in small circles, starting at center of bowl and working your way out in increasingly larger concentric circles.

Leave glaze at room temperature until it thickens just enough to pour in a ribbon, about 20 minutes. Drizzle glaze over cake and let sit for at least 10 minutes before serving. Cover tightly and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.

 

[Shyvioletisme]

I'd pick the carrot cake, but then again I'm not really a chocolate person and tunnel of fudge just sounds too rich and chocolately for me...yuck.

 

[CathrynRose]

Why not do a tunnel of cream cheese frosting, cake?

The chocolate with the cream cheese frosting - sounds so GOOD!

Mmmm........

 

[diznygirl]

Bake a chocoate cake.

Hollow out cake. Eat the part you removed.

Squeeze in a tunnel of fudge. Eat any leftover.

Then, eat the cake.

At least, such is my understanding. My mother used to make this cake and I never understood how she did it.

True, I could have 'helped out' in the kitchen while she was doing it, but I was a lad of 34 years and had other interests.

OOOHH!!!!! I like this recipe!

 

[Darsa]

Bake a chocoate cake.

Hollow out cake. Eat the part you removed.

Squeeze in a tunnel of fudge. Eat any leftover.

Then, eat the cake.

 

[C.Ann]

I vote chocolate.. Yum!

 

[zippitydoo]

easy the tunnel fudge

 

[Tiggeroo]

If you follow this recipe you get a similar effect, if you don't over cook the cake. There used to be a boxed cake mix that would do this but they found out that what kept the center soft was an ingredient that is bad for you and is now banned.

 

[Tiggeroo]

Oh, we do a second thanksgiving meal at our home on the weekend so we can have leftover turkey for sandwiches. Whichever cake I don't make for my brothers house I'll make for home. I'm guessing there will be plenty of pies so I'm trying to bring something different. I'm worried that the carrot cake will be too heavy after the big meal when people are also trying to squeeze in pumpkin pie too.

 

[ChrizJen]

Mmmmmm...Tunnel of Fudge. YUM!
The one my mom used to make was just a pillsbury mix. It came with the cake mix that you would prepare and pour into the bundt pan, then it had the "tunnel" filling that you mixed and poured over the regular mix. Somehow (like magic ), the cake always baked up around the fudge mixture, leaving a tunnel of warm, ooey gooey fudgy goodness all through the center...Ahhh, those were the days. They don't make those mixes anymore.

I'm not seeing where the "tunnel of fudge" occurs in the recipe above. But I could just be missing it.

ETA: Ahhhh, I missed Tigeroo's post. I see now.

 

[live4christp1]

tunnel of fudge.

Thanks for posting the recipe to whomever did. Going to have to try this one.

 

[MJMouse]

I'd rather have the carrot (rich chocolate cakes give me migraines), but since you're also having pies the chocolate cake might be a good alternative to pie.

 

[loveWDWalways]

Both sound extremely delicious (I don't remember if you said the chocolate cake was dark choc or not, in which case I would not like it). But yesterday, Ina Garten made a succulent looking carrot & pineapple cake on Barefoot Contessa. That one looked delectable!

 

[hichewlova]

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is one of my all time favorites!! So excited for tomorrow!