“Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting”

So, what has your week been like? Did your kids go back to school via e-learning or classroom instruction? Whichever it may be, welcome to another new normal. Everyday is a change of some sort we must maneuver through. Keep the faith, people because we’re in this together and we will weather this storm. i have to believe that there is something even better on the other side.  To help you weather each day, dessert in always on the menu. I say have a piece of Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting. After a busy week, nothing brightens the day like chocolate.

Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting

This cake is every chocolate lovers dream especially if served still slightly warm. The texture is a tender crumb, full-on chocolate flavor and a fudgy frosting frosting sprinkled with flaked sea salt. Yes, it’s that salty-sweet thing going on no one can resist.One bite of this buttery almost creamy cake and you’re hooked. The sprinkling of salt on top will have you running for a second piece.

Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting

This cake is one you can whip up in a hurry for a quick after dinner treat or for an impromptu cookout with friends. Made in one pan makes the cake easy to carry away from home. Even better is you only need a saucepan and a mixing bowl. The cake can be served warm which I love or cooled at room temperature. No matter how you slice it, know each bite is totally addictive and the feeling of #getinmybelly.

Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting

if you have young bakers in the household, this is the perfect cake for young bakers. Precious memories of my Mom and I come to mind when I bake this cake. Learning how to stir together ingredients, melt butter, and learning to bake a sheet cake was so much fun. So the temperature outdoors this weekend will be warm yet this cake is worth turning on your oven for about 30 minutes. The cake will be a total delight for anyone loving cake as I do, not to mention the fact it’s chocolate. Go ahead, get to baking this easy,peasy cake and enjoy a slice of heaven. Happy Baking!

 

Fudge Cake with Salted Fudge Frosting

1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)

1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa (Hershey’s Dark)

1 cup hot water

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

2 cups granulated sugar

1 t. baking soda

3/4 t. kosher salt

1/2 cup buttermilk, room temperature

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 t. pure vanilla extract

Frosting:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa

6 T. buttermilk, room temperature

4 cups confectioners’ sugar

Maldon Flaked Sea Salt, for sprinkling

 

Heat oven to 350 degrees then grease and flour a 13×9-inch baking pan.

Melt butter in a medium saucepan and stir in cocoa and hot water.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, soda, and salt.

Pour cocoa mixture into dry ingredients, stirring to combine. Beat in buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or until cake tester inserted comes out clean. The chocolate aroma will appear and the cake will start to pull away from sides of pan.

Remove cake from oven to cooling rack.

For frosting, melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan and stir in cocoa and buttermilk.

Bring mixture to boil, then remove from heat. Mix in confectioners’ sugar, beating until smooth.

Pour frosting over cake while frosting is still warm. Sprinkle frosting with flaked sea salt.

Serve cake from pan.

 

Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour