This cake is best made using a food processor, as you can simply add everything and blitz it up together, but you can easily make it by hand if you buy ground almonds and grate the chocolate into the mix.
Serves 8
Ingredients
To make your cake
250 g dark chocolate good-quality around 70% cocoa solids
Break up the chocolate, put it into a food processor with the butter, sugar, almonds, 1 tablespoon of the cocoa powder and the salt, and whiz until smooth
Crack your eggs, one at a time, into the food processor and add the flour
Whiz again until smooth
To bake your cake
Get a deep baking dish roughly 25 x 25cm in size
Butter the dish really well and sprinkle the remaining tablespoon of cocoa powder over it
Shake it around a bit so it lightly coats the whole surface of the dish
Pour the cake mixture into the dish, using a spatula to scrape it all out of the processor
Break the fudge into pieces and sprinkle these over the top of the cake mix, pushing any larger pieces down into the mixture
Pop the baking dish into the preheated oven and cook for 18 to 20 minutes
Take the cake out of the oven and stick a fork into the middle of it
If there’s a little bit of cake mixture on the fork when you pull it out, that’s okay – you want the cake to still be a little moist inside so that it’s nice and squidgy
However, if it seems a bit wobbly, pop it back into the oven for another 3 to 5 minutes to firm up a bit
To serve your cake
Let your cake cool slightly and serve it warm and gooey
Lovely with a dollop of crème fraîche or a scoop of vanilla ice cream
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Notes & Tips
Extract from the book Jamie's Ministry of Food by Jamie Oliver, rrp $65.
Copyright Penguin/Michael Joseph 2008
I made this for my husbands Birthday and everyone just loved it, I wasn't able to obtain fudge so I used Chocolate balls with soft chocolate inside it was delicious. I have now found a recipe to make fudge so next time I will make the fudge and use that. I love Jamies simple and understandable approach to cooking, gardening and sustainable living. Go Jamie
I made this cake for our wedding anniversary and it was every bit as good as it looks i the picture:-) In fact juts to reduce the amount of calories, i reduced the butter but the cake looked amazing and tasted even better! Thanks Jamie,, you rock!
Hi im Shurjo from sydney and im making this cake for my new gourgeous wife and our friends. They cant wait how it turns out coz it looks absolutely delicious! Thanks jamie!
I love Jamie he is good quick and easy to understand I only wish that my son could have been taught by Jamie. My son is an apprentice chef & he loves it & I hope that one day he is as good as Jamie.
I love watching Jamie cook! It's so easy to follow a recipe once you see him cooking. Apart from that he is such a genuine nice guy, a nice husband and father and really cares about people. His receipes are all easy to make and his books are just a pleasure to read. I can't get enough of him on TV.
i made fudge in my pants
this is so yum i made on the weekend and it was so rich and tasty this one of my favourites
i totally agree with the above comments, Jamie has certainly taught me how to appreciate and love the food i cook. well done jamie x
I love everything this man cooks, not to mention his warm personality and charm
I made this for my husbands Birthday and everyone just loved it, I wasn't able to obtain fudge so I used Chocolate balls with soft chocolate inside it was delicious. I have now found a recipe to make fudge so next time I will make the fudge and use that. I love Jamies simple and understandable approach to cooking, gardening and sustainable living. Go Jamie
I made this cake for our wedding anniversary and it was every bit as good as it looks i the picture:-) In fact juts to reduce the amount of calories, i reduced the butter but the cake looked amazing and tasted even better! Thanks Jamie,, you rock!
Has anyone actually made this cake yet? I want to know if it turns out as good as it sounds.
Very nice.
it's the best
NOT!!!
well thats informative, ur quite willing to bag out the dish but not to say why?????? would be interesting to know what was bad about it
He's a brilliant cook great to watch he makes everything look sooooooooo easy and he's cute!
I love watching him cooking as he make;s every thing look that easy and will give this a try keep up the good work .
Brilliant.... of course I'll have to make it, but I'm sure it'll be as good as everything else he does.
thanks to jamie we now have a wood fired pizza/bread oven the whole family enjoys
I love this recipe its sooo delicious and I love jamies books and how ministry of food
This sounds soooo wicked,must give it a go
I too am a huge fan of Jamie Oliver, just wish he would make more gluten free dishes.
i aboslutely love jamies cooking i am on big fan, i try and watch all his show as much as possible
I swear by Jamie's recipes he always has down to earth family friendly food
I'm a sweet loving fan & can't wait to try this recipe! Thnx Jamie
Hi im Shurjo from sydney and im making this cake for my new gourgeous wife and our friends. They cant wait how it turns out coz it looks absolutely delicious! Thanks jamie!
I love Jamie he is good quick and easy to understand I only wish that my son could have been taught by Jamie. My son is an apprentice chef & he loves it & I hope that one day he is as good as Jamie.
This sounds great and the instructions seem very easy to follow. This will definately be on the to do list.
I love watching Jamie cook! It's so easy to follow a recipe once you see him cooking. Apart from that he is such a genuine nice guy, a nice husband and father and really cares about people. His receipes are all easy to make and his books are just a pleasure to read. I can't get enough of him on TV.
I like Jamie Oliver recipes as he makes it simple and gives you plenty of instructions. This looks good.
Not bad, but I have to say Nigel Slater's choc brownies are the absolute best. I tried making them and wrote it up on my blog www.stickysteps.com
I used 70% lindt blocks for the choc mmmmm http://www.stickysteps.com/2009/10/the-very-best-gooey-fudge-mud-chocolate-brownies-and-recipe/
He is the best.