Try this Chocolate Brownie Cake recipe, or contribute your own.
- Carbohydrate 26.819 g
- Cholesterol 184 mg
- Fat 912.712002483302 g
- Fiber 0 g
- Protein 18.679 g
- Saturated Fat 142.194320321538 g
- Serving Size 1 1 recipe (1770g)
- Sodium 571.950000010017 mg
- Sugar 26.819 g
- Trans Fat 43.9734601191737 g
- Calories 8248 calories
Step-by-step
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a bundt pan with bakers spray or use the butter/flour method.
- Combine first five ingredients in a large bowl and whisk for 2 minutes or until lumps are mostly gone.
- Pour batter into prepared bundt pan and bake for 50-55 minutes.
- When done baking, remove cake and allow to cool in pan for up to five minutes.
- Carefully turn cake out onto a cooling rack and cool for 30 minutes more.
- Place heavy whipping cream in a large microwave safe bowl and heat for about 2 minutes.
- You want the cream to be just boiling.
- Carefully pour chocolate morsels into cream... it may rise up and bubble and this is ok.
- Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Whisk the chocolate and cream until shiny and smooth, about 1 minute.
- Pour over cooled cake and serve.
Pulling a dense cake from the oven at precisely fifty minutes requires careful observation of the crust and crumb structure rather than relying solely on a timer. Bundt pans trap heat centrally, which accelerates baking on the interior walls while the thick batter outside demands prolonged thermal transfer. Without a digital probe, determining readiness means watching for the edges to slightly pull away from the greased metal and inserting a wooden skewer into the deepest part of the ring to check for moist crumbs rather than wet batter.
Combining boxed cake mix and fudge brownie mix creates a hybrid texture that stretches standard pantry staples into a heavy, decadent dessert without purchasing specialty flours or single-use extracts. Whisking the initial liquid base for a full two minutes incorporates necessary air to keep the heavy batter from turning into a dense brick. Heavy whipping cream heated to a boil provides the thermal energy required to melt semi-sweet chocolate morsels into a glossy ganache without seizing the fats.
Dietary adjustments remain flexible when managing specific household needs, such as substituting neutral vegetable oils for butter or utilizing gluten-free baking mixes at a one-to-one volumetric ratio.
