I made these as a treat for the girls yesterday. As I was making them, I realised how long it has been since I made Chocolate Fudge – I’m not sure I remember making it since Tara was born! Safe to say, she loved it – I make mine with dark chocolate so it is very rich but the girls love it.
Easter is brilliant for easy, pretty cake decorations – Cadbury’s Mini Eggs are everywhere and so quick to plonk on a cake. The super cute Easter chicks also work brilliantly but don’t taste quite so good!
I use a Mini Bundt Mould and Lakeland’s Mini Doughnut Tin – Both work equally well (The mini doughnut mould only needs approx 12-15 minutes cooking time as they are much smaller)
The flavour of the fudge gets better over time too. If you can manage it, save some for 24 hours later, when they taste amazing. If not, make double 😉
CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE MINI BUNDTS
| Serves | 16 |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 18 minutes |
| Total time | 38 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Birthday Party, Easter |
INGREDIENTS
- 125 + 25g Butter
- 125g Dark Brown Soft Sugar
- 2 Medium Eggs
- 2 + 2 tablespoons Golden Syrup
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 70g Dark Brown Chocolate
- 125g Self Raising Flour (Plus extra for lining the bundt tins)
- 1 + 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
- 125 + 125ml Boiling water
- 100g Dark Brown Chocolate (Finely chopped)
NOTE
Can be frozen at the cake stage -Takes only 20 minutes to defrost.
DIRECTIONS
| Chocolate Cake | |
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease each mini bundt tin with soft butter, then sprinkle with the spare flour. Empty any excess flour out. | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric mixer, whisk together the first amounts of sugar and butter until well combined. | |
| 3. | |
| Add the eggs while continuing to whisk, then the vanilla, syrup and cocoa. Add the melted chocolate. | |
| 4. | |
| Stop the mixer and fold in the flour and water, alternating their addition. I do it in about 4-5 separate intervals. | |
| 5. | |
| Spoon the mixture into the bundt moulds and bake for 18 minutes (Less if you are using mini doughnut moulds) | |
| 6. | |
| Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack | |
| Chocolate Fudge | |
| 7. | |
| Using a medium pan, heat through the remaining water, cocoa & syrup until boiling. Allow to bubble lightly for 4 minutes but do not boil heavily over. | |
| 8. | |
| Remove from the heat and add the remaining butter and chocolate – Stir like mad until well combined. | |
| 9. | |
| Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes then pour oven the mini bundts | |
| 10. | |
| Decorate with mini chocolate eggs or Easter chicks | |
BAKE OF THE WEEK
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They look so pretty and they must be delicious too. x
I’ve eaten far too many! Thank you x
Ah these are so cute! Such a different Easter treat x
Even my girls went ‘Aaw’ and they are immune to most cake cuteness x
AWESOME !! These little fudge cakes look scrumptious
Thank you Winnie – Very kind x
Oh my these mini bundts look just divine, I may be drooling as I type!
Thanks Camilla – They went down very well. All that is left is a dribble of chocolate x
What a lovely idea, they look absolutely delicious.
Sometimes the more simple ideas seem to work the best and get eaten the quickest! x
It really is and this chocolate fudge was so rich and delicious x
I love bundt moulds, including the mini ones – they always look so lovly. I love the sound of your chocolate fudge Easter mini bundts, they look delicious with the sauce trickling down their sides! Angela x
so cute, seems a shame to eat them really!
these look so temptingly gooey and lush! perfect bite size treats – yum! x
Ooh yum! We’d love these for Easter X
These look yummy and so cute for Easter
These are the cutest Easter treat I have seen!! Love them! Your last photo with the tiny chick perched on top made me smile.
So cute and tiny! I must seek out some moulds like that!
Haha! These are brill!!! Love the chick decoration! xx
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