Savannah Chocolate Cake With Hot Fudge Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 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
• 1 (4 ounce) bar german chocolate
• 1/2 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter or 8 tablespoons unsalted margarine
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 2/3 cups evaporated milk
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 cream the brown sugar with the shortening in an electric mixer.
• 4 add the buttermilk and vanilla then the melted chocolate.
• 5 with the mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time.
• 6 sift the flour with baking soda, and salt.
• 7 add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and beat for 2 minutes.
• 8 butter and flour a 13x9x2-inch rectangular cake pan.
• 9 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.
• 10 allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes the turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling.
• 11 sauce:.
• 12 melt the german chocolate with the butter in a saucepan over very low heat.
• 13 stir in the powdered sugar, alternating with the evaporated milk and blending well.
• 14 stirring constantly, brin the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.
• 15 simmer until the sauce becomes thick and creamy, about 8 minutes.
• 16 stir in the vanilla.
• 17 serve slices of cake topped with warm fudge sauce.
• 18 grab a cold glass of milk and enjoy!