Indulge in the extraordinary Tunnel of Fudge Cake I, an exquisite delight that will tantalize your taste buds and transport you to a realm of pure culinary bliss. This exceptional cake is a harmonious blend of rich, decadent chocolate and fluffy, tender layers, topped with an irresistibly smooth and velvety fudge frosting that creates a heavenly tunnel of chocolatey goodness. Savor the intense flavors of this remarkable dessert, perfect for special occasions or as a delightful treat to enjoy with loved ones. Embark on a culinary adventure as you explore the secrets of creating this magnificent Tunnel of Fudge Cake I.
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TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
So rich and gooey! This cake is made completely from scratch-no mixes required. The secret to the fudgy tunnel is the addition of the nuts-don't be stingy with them! It's from Pillsbury Best of the Bakeoff.
Provided by Kaarin
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan or 10 inch tube pan.
- In large bowl, beat butter and sugar till fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually add 2 cups powdered sugar, flour and cocoa.
- Stir in nuts by hand.
- Spoon batter into pan; spread evenly.
- Bake at 350 F for 58-62 minutes.
- Note: you won't be able to test for doneness since the filling is soft, so accurate temperature and timing is key.
- Cool in pan 1 hour.
- Invert on serving platter and cool completely.
- In a small bowl, combine all glaze ingredients adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency.
- Spoon over cake, drizzling down sides.
- Store tightly covered.
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE I
Frosting mix and walnuts are used in this version of the classic cake with the melted chocolate center.
Provided by UP38
Categories Desserts Cakes Bundt Cake Recipes Chocolate
Time 2h35m
Yield 14
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Measure 3/4 cup of the frosting mix for the chocolate glaze. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the remaining frosting mix and flour, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in the nuts.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes. The top of the cake will form a brownie like crust before it is done. Allow to cool for 60 minutes in the pan, then cool completely on a wire rack before glazing.
- To make the chocolate glaze: Mix together reserved 3/4 cup frosting mix and 2 tablespoons boiling water, stirring until smooth. Thin with additional boiling water if necessary to reach desired consistency. Spoon glaze over the cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 637.1 calories, Carbohydrate 56 g, Cholesterol 150.9 mg, Fat 43.6 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 7.4 g, SaturatedFat 19.4 g, Sodium 255.5 mg, Sugar 36.4 g
TUNNEL-OF-FUDGE CAKE
The original tunnel-of-fudge cake won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest for the late Ella Rita Helfrich of Houston. That version used a fudge icing mix to create a gooey chocolate center. But Pillsbury discontinued the icing mix, and the resulting clamor of home bakers led Pillsbury to release a recipe for making tunnel-of-fudge cake from scratch. In 2004, The Times presented an adaptation of that recipe with the help of Shirley Corriher, a biochemist and the author of "Cookwise" and "Bakewise," books about how scientific principles can be applied to cooking and baking.
Provided by The New York Times
Categories snack, cakes, dessert
Time 4h
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place a heavy baking sheet or pizza stone on a shelf in the lower third of the oven. Heat the oven to 350 degrees (see note).
- On a large baking sheet, roast nuts in the oven for 10 minutes. Keep watch that they do not burn. Pour into a bowl, and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Toss well and set aside.
- Generously butter the inside of a large 12-cup Bundt cake pan.
- In a mixer, beat butter to soften until it becomes fluffy. Add sugar, then the brown sugar and continue to beat until airy. While beating, if the bowl does not feel cool, place it in the freezer for five minutes, then resume beating.
- Beat in 3/4 teaspoon salt, vanilla and vegetable oil.
- Beat in two egg yolks. Crack the four whole eggs into a large mixing bowl. With a small knife, cut yolks and barely stir the eggs, minimally blending the whites and yolks.
- With the mixer on the lowest speed, beat the eggs into the batter in three batches. Mix in confectioners' sugar and the cocoa.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir flour and nuts together. Then with a spatula stir the flour-nut mixture into the batter. Pour the batter into the Bundt pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes. You cannot use the toothpick test because the cake contains so much sugar that the center will not set but will remain a tunnel-of-fudge. You are dependent on a correct oven temperature and the 40-minute cooking time.
- When removed from the oven, the cake will have a runny fudge core with an air pocket above the fudge. About 30 minutes after taking the cake out of the oven, press the inside and outside edge of the cake bottom down all the way around to minimize the air pocket. Let the cake, still in the pan, cool on a rack for two to three hours. Invert the cake onto a platter and let cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 727, UnsaturatedFat 20 grams, Carbohydrate 87 grams, Fat 41 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 18 grams, Sodium 273 milligrams, Sugar 60 grams, TransFat 1 gram
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE IV
The ONLY perfect tunnel of fudge cake recipe I can find - it came from a 1950's flour package.
Provided by AMCLAYTON
Categories Desserts Cakes Chocolate Cake Recipes
Time 1h15m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Gradually blend in 2 cups confectioners' sugar. Beat in the flour and 3/4 cup cocoa powder. Stir in the chopped walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 1 hour, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- For the glaze: In a small bowl, combine 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Stir in milk, a tablespoon at a time, until desired drizzling consistency is achieved. Spoon over cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 543.6 calories, Carbohydrate 62.1 g, Cholesterol 69.9 mg, Fat 32 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 7.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 259 mg, Sugar 43.9 g
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
Make and share this Tunnel of Fudge Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by MizzNezz
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- --------------------Filling-----P·.
- Cook pudding mix and milk in med pan until it boils.
- Stir in choc chips until melted.
- Set aside.
- --------------------Cake--------x½.
- Heat oven to 350*.
- Grease and flour bundt pan.
- Cream sugar, butter, and shortning until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Add flour, milk, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- Beat on low speed 3 minutes.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Pour half into pan.
- Spoon filling over the middle of of batter.
- Spoon remaining batter over this.
- Bake for about 55 min, until cake springs bake when touched lightly.
- Cool 1 hour.
- Remove from pan and set aside until completely cooled.
- ----------------------Glaze----- Õ.
- Mix sugar, cocoa, and enough milk to thin for glazing.
- Spoon over cooled cake, allow it to run down the sides.
UPDATED TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- Measure flour by lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup, NOT by scooping the measuring cup into the flour. The scoop-and-level method is incorrect and will make this cake too dry.
- In a large bowl, combine butter, white sugar and brown sugar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add melted and cooled chocolate, beating until combined.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition until eggs combine with butter mixture (this can take some time).
- Sift the confectioners' sugar BEFORE you measure it. Gradually add it to the batter, mixing well. By hand, stir in flour, cocoa, vanilla, and pecans until well blended.
- Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick baking spray combined with flour. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 F for 48 to 54 minutes, until crust looks dry and shiny ( traditional doneness tests won't work because of the soft fudge center).
- Cool cake in pan on a rack for 1 hour, then invert onto serving plate and remove pan. Cool completely. If you bake the cake for a shorter period of time, it will have true fudge in the center. Bake it longer for a moist tunnel in the center.
- Make the glaze by placing the chocolate chips and oil in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on 50 percent power for 2 minutes and then stir. Continue microwaving until chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Pour into a small zip-top bag. Cut a tiny piece off the corner of the bag and pipe the chocolate over the cake, using a back-and-forth motion. Let cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 531 kcal, Carbohydrate 55 g, Cholesterol 116 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, Sodium 168 mg, Sugar 38 g, Fat 33 g, ServingSize 1 cake (16 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
CLASSIC TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
This is that same cake that everyone seemed to make back in the '70's. Pillsbury discontinued their line of dry frosting mixes, and came up with their own revised version, which was NOT the same. I was thrilled to find this version in a food column from the "Minneapolis Star Tribune."
Provided by yooper
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- Measure 3/4 cup of the frosting mix for the chocolate glaze.
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the remaining frosting mix and flour, mixing just until incorporated.
- Fold in the nuts.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes.
- The top of the cake will form a brownie like crust before it is done.
- Allow to cool for 60 minutes in the pan, then cool completely on a wire rack before glazing.
- To make the chocolate glaze; Mix together reserved 3/4 cup frosting mix and 2 tablespoons boiling water, stirring until smooth.
- Thin with additional boiling water if necessary to reach desired consistency.
- Spoon glaze over the cooled cake.
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE (LOST RECIPES)
I just read this in Cook's Country magazine. This cake was all the rage when I was a little girl. Pillsury discontinued the "secret ingredient" which was a Double Dutch Fudge frosting mix. The writer of this article reworked the recipe, (2 dozen times!) until she came up with this, which she says is just like the 1966 Bake-Off winner, with the fudgy "tunnel" frosting-like filling that holds its shape when cut. I'm saving it here to try! Cooking time includes required cooling time.
Provided by Chef PotPie
Categories Dessert
Time 4h30m
Yield 1 bundt cake, 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Do not use a cake tester, toothpick, or skewer to test the cake-the fudgy interior won't give an accurate reading. Instead, remove the cake from the oven when the sides just begin to pull away from the pan and the surface of the cake springs back when pressed gently with your finger.
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12-cup Bundt pan and dust with cocoa powder. Pour boiling water over chocolate in medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Cool to room temperature. Whisk cocoa, flour, nuts, confectioners' sugar, and salt in large bowl. Beat eggs and vanilla in large measuring cup.
- With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. On low speed, add egg mixture until combined, about 30 seconds. Add chocolate mixture and beat until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Beat in flour mixture until just combined, about 30 seconds.
- Scrape batter into prepared pan, smooth batter, and bake until edges are beginning to pull away from pan, about 45 minutes. Cool upright in pan on wire rack for 1 1/2 hours, then invert onto serving plate and cool completely, at least 2 hours.
- For the glaze: Cook cream, corn syrup, and chocolate in small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Stir in vanilla and set aside until slightly thickened, about 30 minutes. Drizzle glaze over cake and let set for at least 10 minutes. Serve. (Cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 2 days.).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 683, Fat 40.8, SaturatedFat 17.8, Cholesterol 159.3, Sodium 243, Carbohydrate 77.5, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 52.6, Protein 8
CREAMY FUDGE TUNNEL CAKE
Yet another version of the old Tunnel of Fudge cake. This one uses cake mix, brewed coffee and cream cheese in the filling.
Provided by Claire312
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 1 Cake, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Generously grease and lightly flour one 10-inch tube or bundt pan, tapping out excess.
- In small saucepan, melt 1-1/4 cups chocolate chips.
- With mixer, combine cream cheese, sugar, 3 tablespoons cream or milk, and melted chocolate.
- Beat until smooth.
- Set aside.
- Combine cake mix, coffee, oil, and eggs, and beat 4 minutes.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle with nuts.
- Mound cream cheese mixture around tube, but do not spread to touch sides of pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55-65 minutes until top springs back when pressed lightly in center.
- Cool upright in pan one hour before inverting.
- To make glaze: heat 1/2 cup cream in small saucepan over medium heat until just bubbling around edges.
- Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips until melted and smooth.
- Simmer one minute to thicken slightly.
- Pour warm glaze over inverted cake, letting it flow down the sides.
- Cool completely.
- Glaze will set as it cools.
- Store cake in refrigerator.
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
A wonderful chocolate cake, with a surprise centre!
Provided by chloemalcolmson
Time 1h30m
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, 350 degrees F. Prepare the pan by buttering lightly.
- Cream the butter (make sure the butter is very soft) on a medium speed and gradually add the caster suagr (NOT the icing sugar) beating until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the icing sugar, beating to blend well
- Grab a wooden spoon, and by hand stir in the flour and cocoa until well blended, and then add the walnuts.
- Pour the batter in the prepared tin, spreading evenly with a spatula. Put in the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until the top is set and the edges are beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan. (Bare in mind, the cake has a gooey centre, so the skewer method will not work)
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 1 hour and 30 mins. This may seem alot but it is needed. The cake is not particularly strong, so flip it out directly onto the plate and cool for 2 hours
- For the Glaze:
- While you're waiting for the cake to cool, mix the icing sugar, cocoa and 4 tps of milk. Beat with a mixer until the mixture has a smooth texture. Add more milk to get the consistency for drizzling. When the righ consistency is reaching, drizzling over the coole cake.
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE II
A cake that needs no introduction, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tunnel of Fudge!
Provided by GrannySue
Categories Desserts Cakes Chocolate Cake Recipes
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In medium pan, combine 1 1/2 c milk and pudding mix. cook as directed on package Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan or tube pan.
- In large bowl, combine sugar, butter and shortening. Beat till light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix well.
- Add flour, 1/2 c cocoa, baking powder, salt, and 1 cup milk to bowl. Beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Stir in walnuts.
- Reserve 2 cups of the batter. Pour remaining batter into greased and floured pan. Spoon filling in ring on top of batter, making sure it does not touch sides of pan. Spoon reserved batter over filling.
- Bake at 350 F (175 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 1 hour in pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- In small bowl, combine confectioners sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Add enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Spoon over top of cake, allowing some to run down sides.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 659.2 calories, Carbohydrate 70.4 g, Cholesterol 97.2 mg, Fat 40.9 g, Fiber 4.9 g, Protein 11.1 g, SaturatedFat 14.9 g, Sodium 278.9 mg, Sugar 44.3 g
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients, especially the chocolate. This will make a big difference in the taste of the cake.
- Make sure the cake is completely cool before frosting it. Otherwise, the frosting will melt and slide off.
- When making the ganache, be careful not to overheat the cream. If it gets too hot, it will seize and become grainy.
- If you don't have a piping bag, you can use a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off.
- To create the tunnel effect, use a sharp knife to cut a circle in the center of the cake. Then, use a spoon to scoop out the center of the cake, leaving a 1-inch border.
- Fill the tunnel with ganache and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Conclusion:
The Tunnel of Fudge Cake is a delicious and decadent dessert that is perfect for any special occasion. With its rich chocolate flavor and creamy ganache filling, this cake is sure to please everyone. Follow these tips to make sure your Tunnel of Fudge Cake turns out perfect.
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