Decadent Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 making the cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
• 4 in a saucepan, combine corn syrup and butter; bring to a boil.
• 5 stir in chocolate morsels.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 in a medium bowl, combine sugar, eggs, and vanilla, stir into chocolate mixture.
• 8 in another bowl, combine flour and nuts; add to chocolate mixture.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top.
• 10 bake cake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• 11 transfer pan to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
• 12 turn cake onto rack and cool completely.
• 13 making the glaze:.
• 14 in a saucepan, melt chocolate, corn syrup and butter over low heat; stir in cream.
• 15 pour glaze over cooled cake.