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Ella Helfrich
Houston, Texas
This recipe, arguably the recipe most closely identified with the Bake-Off® Contest, mysteriously develops a "tunnel of fudge" filling as it bakes. Don't scrimp on the nuts, or it won't work!
Tunnel of Fudge Cake
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 4 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 16
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups margarine or butter, softened
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups chopped walnuts*
Glaze
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 4 to 6 teaspoons milk
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake 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.
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Step2Bake 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 1 1/2 hours. Invert onto serving plate; cool at least 2 hours.
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Step3In 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.
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Nutrition
570
Calories
32g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
62g
Total Carbohydrate
43g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/16 of Recipe
- Calories
- 570
- Calories from Fat
- 290
- Total Fat
- 32g
- 49%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Cholesterol
- 80mg
- 27%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 62g
- 21%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 12%
- Sugars
- 43g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 1 Fruit; 6 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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