Tunnel of fudge cake

The original recipe relied on a now-defunct ingredient. But that didn't mean this historic cake needed to be out of production too. We wanted to resurrect the classic childhood favorite Tunnel of Fudge Cake without the benefit of a prepackaged cake mix. To do this, we sweetened the cake by using Dutch-processed cocoa instead of more-acidic natural cocoa powder. Adding melted chocolate to the batter made our Tunnel of Fudge Cake more moist and contributed big chocolate punch. Slightly…

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All Hail the Tunnel of Fudge Cake! Not only does this amazing cake have a hilarious name (snicker) and an impeccable Mid-Century pedigree (it was a runner-up in the famous 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off) but the darn thing is magic. It is the original cake that makes its own ribbon of fudgy goodness in the CENTER […]

Tunnel of Fudge is a cake that Betty Draper might make, if Mad Men continues (fingers crossed) for a few more seasons. This unusual cake -- yes, there really is a tunnel of fudge running through its center -- was the creation of Ella Rita Helfrich who won second prize in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off. (For her efforts, she received $5,000; the first place winner took home $25,000 for a bread made with cheese spread and onion soup mix.) For a second place winner 44 years ago, this cake has…

Now that is one tunnel I would love to travel, with a spoon in hand. In fact, I recently was sightseeing in a tunnel of sorts - an interior passageway of the retired British Royal Yacht, the Brittania, moored in Edinburgh, Scotland, when around a corner we encountered a fudge stall! Who could just

The original tunnel-of-fudge cake won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest for the late Ella Rita Helfrich of Houston. That version used a fudge icing mix to create a gooey chocolate center. But Pillsbury discontinued the icing mix, and the resulting clamor of home bakers led Pillsbury to release a recipe for making tunnel-of-fudge cake from scratch. In 2004, The Times presented an adaptation of that recipe with the help of Shirley Corriher, a biochemist and the author of…

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-Off in 1966. The recipe nabbed a 2nd place prize, but the cake (along with the Bundt pan) ended up being an overnight sensation. Cooks everywhere wanted to buy the pan [...]

All Hail the Tunnel of Fudge Cake! Not only does this amazing cake have a hilarious name (snicker) and an impeccable Mid-Century pedigree (it was a runner-up in the famous 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off) but the darn thing is magic. It is the original cake that makes its own ribbon of fudgy goodness in the CENTER […]

Tunnel of Fudge Cake is a cake with a fudge and nut centre baked in a Bundt® pan. Though it only won second prize in a 1966 baking contest, it went on to lasting, iconic fame. The recipe originally required Pillsbury "Double Dutch Fudge Frosting Mix", which was later discontinued by Pillsbury. In