Here’s a decadent Midnight Fudge Cake—rich, chocolatey, and perfect for chocolate lovers 🍫✨
Midnight Fudge Cake
Ingredients (8–10 servings)
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar)
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot water or hot coffee
Optional Fudge Glaze
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9×13-inch baking pan or line with parchment paper.
- Mix dry ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Combine wet ingredients
- In another bowl, mix buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- Make batter
- Gradually add wet ingredients to dry, stirring until combined.
- Slowly add hot water or coffee to the batter (batter will be thin, that’s normal).
- Bake
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 35–40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool completely.
- Optional fudge glaze
- Heat cream until simmering. Pour over chocolate and butter in a bowl. Stir until smooth.
- Pour over cooled cake and let set.
Tips & Variations
- Extra fudgy: Use coffee instead of water to intensify chocolate flavor.
- Chocolate chunks: Fold ½ cup chocolate chips into the batter before baking.
- Layered cake: Slice in half and fill with chocolate ganache or fudge frosting.
- Make it quicker: Bake in 8–9 inch round pans for slightly shorter baking time (~30 minutes).
I can also give you a one-bowl microwave version that’s gooey and ready in under 10 minutes if you want.
Do you want me to do that?
