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
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.
CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE TUNNEL CAKE RECIPE - (4.5/5)
Provided by cecelia26_
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2.For the cake: Place the cake mix, sour cream, water, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat 2 to 3 minutes more until combined. 3.Pour 2/3 of the batter in a greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan. 4.Mix together filling ingredients. Spread filling over the batter and top with remaining batter 5.Bake for 45-55 minutes until the cake springs back when lightly pressed and is starting to pull away from the sides of the pan. 6.Cool on wire rack for 20 min, invert it onto a rack and cool 20 minutes more. 7.For the glaze, combine the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture has thickened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes or melt the chips with the heavy cream in the microwave. 8.Place the cake on a serving platter and drizzle the warm glaze over it. 9.Store cake covered in the refrigerator.
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.
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