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QUICK TUNNEL O
QUICK TUNNEL OF F

FUDGE CAKE E
FUDGE CAK

hen Ella Rita
but it kept sinking to the
Helfrich won
bottom of the pan. Pills-
$5,000 in
bury suggested pudding
the 1966 Pillsbury
mix, and that’s what I set-
Bake-Off for her chocolate and wal-
tled on. The results aren’t as glori-
nut Tunnel of Fudge Cake, the
ously gooey as in the original, but
fluted Bundt pan immediately rose
the “tunnel” is definitely fudgy and
to stardom. The Texan’s catchy title
satisfying. If you serve the cake
aptly described the gooey center of
warm, the filling will be runny, but
fudge that lay buried in the middle
when cool, it firms up.
of the cake.

Many people asked me to come SERVES: 16
PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
up with a cake mix version of this
BAKING TIME: 45 TO 50 MINUTES
legend. The cake was the easy part.
ASSEMBLY TIME: 2 MINUTES
The difficult task lay within. How to
develop a fudgy interior when the
FILLING:
Pillsbury chocolate frosting mix 1 ⁄2 cups milk
1
1 package (3.4 ounces) chocolate fudge
called for in that early recipe was
pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
no longer available? I tried it with
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
another brand of dry frosting mix, 1 tablespoon butter