Hot Chocolate Cake with Fudge Sauce

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Hot Fudge Sauce

• 1 (4 ounce) bar German chocolate
• 1/2 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 2/3 cups evaporated milk
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla

Garnish

• Whipped cream

Directions

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cream the brown sugar with the butter in an electric mixer.
3. Add the buttermilk and vanilla then the melted chocolate.
4. With the mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time.
5. Sift the flour with baking soda, and salt.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and beat for 2 minutes.
7. Butter and flour a 13x9x2-inch rectangular cake pan.
8. Pour the batter into prepared cake pan and bake until the cake is springy and a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly, about 40 minutes.
9. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes the turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling.

Sauce:.

1. Melt the German chocolate with the butter in a saucepan over very low heat.
2. Stir in the powdered sugar, alternating with the evaporated milk and blending well.
3. Stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.
4. Simmer until the sauce becomes thick and creamy, about 8 minutes.
5. Stir in the vanilla.
6. Serve slices of cake topped with warm fudge sauce and plenty of whipped cream.