Frosted Fudge Cake | Cookies and Cups

This frosted chocolate fudge cake is a play on the traditional Little Debbie snack! It’s a moist and fluffy do-it-yourself chocolate cake stuffed and frosted with creamy fudge frosting. 

I like recreating my favourite childhood lunchbox snacks for my household as scrumptious, do-it-yourself desserts. Subsequent, strive my Oatmeal Cream Pies and these Tagalong Bars impressed by the Lady Scouts’ cookies! 

Why I Love This Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe

As we speak, I’m sharing a supersized model of the Frosted Fudge Cake from my childhood! It has two layers of decadent do-it-yourself chocolate cake stuffed with clean and creamy chocolate frosting. The slices look similar to the snack muffins that I bear in mind. I even swirl the frosting on prime of the cake for nostalgia’s sake! Right here’s why I like this recipe:

• Like Little Debbie’s, however larger (and higher). I grew up snacking on the Frosted Fudge Desserts from Little Debbie. They’re such a traditional lunchbox deal with. As an grownup, I’m residing the dream with this jumbo sheet cake model!
• Irresistible texture. This fudge cake is tremendous fudgy, but mild and fluffy on the identical time. It comes all the way down to some key elements within the batter, like oil and cornstarch. Mixed with loads of testing to get the appropriate ratios of elements, I can say, formally, that that is the BEST chocolate cake!
• Made with two bowls. You want one for the cake batter and one for the frosting. That’s it! Clear-up is a breeze.
• Straightforward to make. I bake this cake in a 9×13” pan, so though the completed cake has two layers, there’s just one cake to bake. Chopping the cake in half is simple, and the frosting is fast to make. This recipe is ideal for newbie bakers!

Substances You’ll Want

There are a handful of elements that make this chocolate fudge cake ultra-moist and fudgy, but comfortable and light-weight on the identical time. Beneath are some fast notes. Scroll to the recipe card for a printable elements record with quantities.

• Sugar and Leavening – You’ll want your standard baking fundamentals like sugar and salt, plus baking soda and baking powder for leavening. Be sure to examine the dates in your baking soda and baking powder, to verify they’re not expired.
• Flour and Cornstarch – Cornstarch works with all-purpose flour to behave extra like cake flour, decreasing the gluten for a softer cake.
• Cocoa Powder – I like to recommend pure, unsweetened cocoa powder, however Dutch-processed cocoa powder works, too. The cake simply seems darker.
• Eggs – At room temperature for greatest outcomes.
• Oil – This may be any vegetable oil, like canola or avocado oil. In contrast to butter, oil stays liquid at room temperature. Chocolate muffins and cupcakes made with oil keep comfortable and tender for longer.
• Vanilla – Be sure it’s actual vanilla extract! You may also use equal components vanilla paste.
• Chocolate Frosting – I embrace the recipe for a fudgier model of my creamy chocolate buttercream frosting. In fact, be happy to make use of your favourite store-bought or do-it-yourself frosting should you’d choose.

How you can Make a Frosted Chocolate Fudge Cake

Listed below are the simple steps to make your very personal full-sized frosted fudge cake at house. That is an summary with pictures, and you’ll discover the printable recipe directions within the recipe card after the submit.

• Make the cake batter. Combine the dry elements, then slowly add the moist elements to the identical bowl, beating till a clean batter comes collectively. It’ll be fairly skinny, and that’s OK.
• Bake. Switch the chocolate cake batter to a lined 9×13” baking pan. Bake at 350ºF for 40-45 minutes, till the cake passes the toothpick take a look at. Go away the cake to chill fully within the pan.

• Make the frosting. In the meantime, mix your frosting elements in a bowl. Begin mixing slowly, and steadily convey up the pace. Beat for a few minutes in order that the frosting will get whipped and fluffy.

Assembling and Frosting the Cake

You’ll use the identical batch of chocolate frosting to fill, frost, and enhance your fudge cake. So, earlier than you begin, you’ll must divide it. The frosting will likely be thick and creamy straight from the blending bowl, excellent for filling the cake.

In the meantime, put aside about 2 ½ cups of frosting (you’ll use this to cowl and enhance the surface of the cake), and comply with these steps:

• Put together the layers. Pop the cooled cake out of the pan. Then, slice the cake horizontally into 2 even layers. Place the highest half onto a platter.
• Assemble. Unfold a beneficiant quantity of frosting over the primary cake layer. Afterward, place the second cake layer rigorously over prime.

• Frost the cake. I prefer to skinny out about 2 cups of the reserved frosting with milk and use this to frost the highest and sides of the cake. The smoother frosting mimics the look of the Little Debbie Desserts.
• Add swirls. No Little Debbie copycat is full with out some fudgy ornamental swirls! Add the final ½ cup of frosting to a Ziploc baggie with the nook snipped off. Use this to pipe swirls everywhere in the frosted cake (there’s no rhyme or motive right here, simply let your inside artiste go).

Suggestions and Variations

• Further steerage. When you want additional tips about the best way to trim and stack the cake layers on this recipe, take a look at my perfect chocolate layer cake.
• Use two pans. If the considered slicing such a big cake in half sounds intimidating, you possibly can additionally bake the cake in two separate 9×13 pans. Simply divide the batter evenly between each. You could want to cut back the baking time on this case.
• Completely different frosting. For a fast model of the frosting on this recipe, strive my 2-ingredient chocolate buttercream recipe. This cake would additionally style nice frosted with chocolate cream cheese frosting.

How you can Retailer

• At room temperature. This frosted fudge cake may be saved hermetic on the counter for as much as 3 days. You may hold it within the fridge should you choose, however I like to recommend overlaying it tightly and letting it come to room temperature once more for serving.
• Freeze. You’ll wish to freeze the cake layers earlier than they’re frosted. Minimize the cooled chocolate cake in half as directed, after which double-wrap the person layers in plastic wrap. Freeze the muffins flat for as much as 1 month, and thaw them within the fridge earlier than assembling.

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