Chocolate Tunnel Fudge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup very strong brewed coffee
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons vanilla, divided
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 -3 tablespoon very hot water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degree f.
• 2 set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• 3 grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
• 4 in a bowl, beat 2 cups sugar with oil and and 2 eggs at high speed of an electric mixer, for 1 minute.
• 5 combine flour, baking cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 6 in another small bowl, combine the coffee with the buttermilk.
• 7 add the flour mixture and the coffee mixture to the oil mixture; beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.
• 8 stir in nuts and 1 tsp vanilla.
• 9 pour half of the cake mixture into the prepared bundt pan.
• 10 in another bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add in 1/4 cup sugar, and the remaining egg; beat just until blended.
• 11 stir in remaining 1 tsp vanilla, coconut and chocolate chips.
• 12 spoon over cake batter in pan, leaving 1/2-inch border around the center and the edge of the pan.
• 13 top with remaining cake batter.
• 14 bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• 15 cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 16 remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
• 17 to make glaze: melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in powdered sugar, and 1 tbsp water and the 2 tsp vanilla, mix until smooth, adding more water if necessary to achieve desired consistancy for glaze.
• 18 drizzle over the cooled cake.