The original recipe from the 17th annual bakeoff cookbook calls for a product that is no longer in. The perfect cake is the new authoritative source, featuring essentials like perfectly domed pound cake and superlatively chocolaty ultimate chocolate cupcakes, but also modern flavor profiles and techniques with a simple but impressive tahini banana snack cake and a nakedsided multilayer blackberrylemon mascarpone cake. But that didnt mean this historic cake needed to be out of production too. The only perfect tunnel of fudge cake recipe i can find it came from a 1950s flour package. The walnutfilled, chocolateglazed cake had a ring of gooey fudge at its center. Cream butter in large mixing bowl at high speed of mixer. This is the taste sections favorite version of the tunnel of fudge cake. This recipe, arguably the recipe most closely identified with the bakeoff contest, mysteriously develops a tunnel of fudge filling as it bakes. Tunnel of fudge cake, plus a brief history of the bundt pan recipe. In a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and melted butter.
Place milk in pan and whisk in pudding, cook until comes to a boil, 45 minutes. The originator of the tunnel of fudge cake recipe was a woman named ella helfrich, who entered this chocolate cake recipe into the pillsbury bake. See more ideas about food recipes, cooks illustrated recipes and americas test kitchen. Allow the cake to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 1 12 hours. Gradually add sugar, continue beating at high speed until light and fluffy. Even the editors of cooks illustrated, who routinely develop complicated recipes, concluded, traditional fudge with its slightly grainy. Pillsbury two layer size double dutch fudge butter cream frosting mix. It originally required pillsbury double dutch fudge frosting mix, which was later discontinued by pillsbury. The original tunneloffudge cake won second place in the 1966 pillsbury bakeoff contest for the late ella rita helfrich of houston.
Americas favorite desserts with permission from sasquatch books. A blog about healthy and quick weeknight meals along with delicious decadent desserts. Ive kept my mothers pillsbury bake off cake cook book, circa 1969. Tunnel of fudge cake was the 1966 pillsbury bakeoff runner up and is still popular today. The originator of the tunnel of fudge cake recipe was a woman named ella helfrich, who entered this chocolate cake recipe into the pillsbury bakeoff in.
Use a pastry brush to evenly coat the inside of a 12 cup bundt pan. Tunnel of fudge cake, plus a brief history of the bundt pan recipe cook the book. Tunnel of fudge cake was made famous by the pillsbury bakeoff. Eating a slice was reminiscent of indulging in underbaked brownie batter. Bake for about 45 minutes or until the edges of the cake begin to pull away from the pan. A chocolate cake made with nuts that creates its own fudgy center as it bakes. 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. By hand, stir in flour, frosting mix and nuts until well blended. In 1966, she came in 2nd place in the annual pillsbury bakeoff competition with the tunnel of fudge cake, a chocolatenut bundt cake that seemingly magically baked with a fudgy center. New recipe for tunnel of fudge cake released by pillsbury. The cake will begin to sink, but thats ok thats the tunnel of fudge.