Chocolate cake
Ingredients
• 3 cups cake flour
• 8 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 eggs
Syrup:
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
Fudge:
• 1 can unsweetened evaporated milk
• 1 can condensed milk
• ½ cup cocoa
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
Grease a ring mold, and cover the bottom with parchment paper.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
In a big bowl sift flour, cocoa, coffee, salt, baking soda.
Make a well in the center and add oil, milk, vinegar, vanilla, eggs, and sugar. Mix with a spatula or wooden spoon.
Pour in the prepared baking pan and bake for 1 hour. Let cool.
Syrup:
Put water and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil until sugar dissolves.
Add vanilla essence and cool.
Fudge:
Stir cocoa in hot water until dissolved. In a saucepan put evaporated milk, condensed milk and cocoa, cook over medium-low heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture thickens and you can see the bottom of the pan.
Turn off the heat and add butter. If it´s too thick, add a little milk to it.
Assemble:
Cut the cake in three layers.
Pour some syrup on every layer.
Spread fudge on the first layer, cover with another cake layer. Repeat.
Cover the cake with fudge, and sprinkle with toasted nuts or almonds.
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