Indulge in the decadent delight of Chocolate Tunnel Fudge Cake, a masterpiece that combines rich chocolate layers with a velvety fudge filling, promising an explosion of flavors in every bite. This heavenly cake features a moist and fluffy chocolate cake batter, enveloping a luscious, creamy fudge filling that oozes out with each slice. The combination of textures and flavors is truly irresistible, making it a perfect choice for special occasions or a delightful treat to satisfy your sweet cravings. This comprehensive article provides you with not just one, but three irresistible recipes to create this extraordinary dessert. Dive into the classic Chocolate Tunnel Fudge Cake recipe, explore a gluten-free adaptation for those with dietary restrictions, and discover a delightful twist with the Chocolate Raspberry Tunnel Fudge Cake that adds a vibrant fruity touch. Each recipe is accompanied by clear instructions, helpful tips, and stunning photographs, guiding you effortlessly through the baking process. Prepare to embark on a culinary journey that will leave you and your loved ones in awe.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE
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!
Provided by Pillsbury Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat 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.
- Bake 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.
- In 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 570, Carbohydrate 62 g, Cholesterol 80 mg, Fat 6, Fiber 3 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1/16 of Recipe, Sodium 260 mg, Sugar 43 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 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 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
CHOCOLATE TUNNEL FUDGE CAKE
A delicious moist bundt cake with a cream cheese filling in the middle topped with a delicious chocolate glaze! :)
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
- Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
- Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
- In a bowl, beat 2 cups sugar with oil and and 2 eggs at high speed of an electric mixer, for 1 minute.
- Combine flour, baking cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another small bowl, combine the coffee with the buttermilk.
- Add the flour mixture and the coffee mixture to the oil mixture; beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.
- Stir in nuts and 1 tsp vanilla.
- Pour half of the cake mixture into the prepared bundt pan.
- in another bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add in 1/4 cup sugar, and the remaining egg; beat just until blended.
- Stir in remaining 1 tsp vanilla, coconut and chocolate chips.
- Spoon over cake batter in pan, leaving 1/2-inch border around the center and the edge of the pan.
- Top with remaining cake batter.
- Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until cake tests done.
- Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
- To make glaze: Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in powdered sugar, and 1 Tbsp water and the 2 tsp vanilla, mix until smooth, adding more water if necessary to achieve desired consistancy for glaze.
- Drizzle over the cooled cake.
TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE (CAKE MIX)
This is a very rich cake, but using a mix makes it that much easier. Everyone loves it when I make it.
Provided by jamiej
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place milk in pan and whisk in pudding, cook until comes to a boil, 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chips and butter until smooth and thick; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350F; prepare 12 cup bundt pan.
- Mix cake, oil, sour cream, Irish cream, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl.
- Reserve 2 cups of batter. Pour remaining batter into pan; spoon pudding in a ring on top (DO NOT ALLOW PUDDING TO TOUCH THE SIDES!) spoon reserved batter on top.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes (mine is done around 30 minutes, just make sure to keep an eye on it).
- You can frost, drizzle melted chocolate or just dust with powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 670.2, Fat 41.2, SaturatedFat 13.6, Cholesterol 119.8, Sodium 644.8, Carbohydrate 69, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 41.8, Protein 10.3
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 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 chocolate. This will make a big difference in the taste of your cake. Look for chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 70%.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing can make the cake tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help the cake rise evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it. This will help the frosting set properly.
- Be patient! Making a chocolate tunnel fudge cake takes time. But it's worth it!
Conclusion:
Chocolate tunnel fudge cake is a delicious and decadent dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It's a bit time-consuming to make, but it's definitely worth the effort. Follow the tips in this article to make sure your cake turns out perfect.
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