Decadent Fudge Cake

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Title: Decadent Fudge Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes
Yield: 1 servings

1 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
1 1/2 c Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate
-mini-morsels
= divided
2 Sweet baking chocolate
Melted and cooled/4 oz each
1/3 c Chocolate syrup
2 ts Vanilla extract
4 oz White chocolate; chopped
2 tb Plus 2 tsps shortening; divi
-ded

Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar,
beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add
eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk, stirring well. Add to creamed
mixture alternately with flour, beginning and ending with
flour. Add 1 cup mini-morsels, melted chocolate, chocolate
syrup, and vanilla, stirring just until blended. (Do not
overbeat.)Spoon batter into a heavily greased and floured
10-inch Bundt pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 25
to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
Invert cake immediately onto a serving plate, and let cool
completely.

Combine 4 ounces chopped white chocolate and 2 tablespoons
shortening in top of a double boiler; bring water to a
boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until mixture is melted and
smooth. Remove from heat. Drizzle melted white chocolate
mixture over cooled cake. Melt remaining 1/2 cup
mini-morsels and 2 teaspoons shortening in a small saucepan
over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat,
and let cool; drizzle over white chocolate. If desired,
garnish with chocolate and white chocolate leaves. Yield
one 10-inch cake.JM. (from Southern Living)

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