Caramelized Secret Chocolate Cake With Fudge Icing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup yellow onion, finely diced
• 1 cup vegetable oil, divided
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk, soured with
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 8 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 5 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 melt, chocolate in saucepan, stirring over low heat, or in microwave oven.
• 2 caramelize onion by sautéing over medium low heat for 8-10 minutes in 2 tablespoons oil in skillet until soft.
• 3 in large bowl, beat remaining oil with sugar, eggs and vanilla until thoroughly mixed and fluffy, about 2 or 3 minutes.
• 4 beat in warm melted chocolate and caramelized onions.
• 5 mix flour with baking soda and salt; stir into batter alternately with milk.
• 6 divide batter evenly into 2 well-greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until a pick inserted into center comes out dry.
• 8 cool 15 minutes then invert onto wire racks to thoroughly cool.
• 9 spread on icing or use chocolate pudding on first layer.
• 10 top with second layer and frost top and sides with the remaining icing.
• 11 easy fudge icing: melt 8 ounces unsweetened chocolate with 1/2 cup butter in saucepan, stirring often over very low heat.
• 12 mix in 1/2 cup hot water then turn into mixing bowl.
• 13 beat in about 5 cups powdered sugar, a portion at a time.
• 14 (adjust as needed to make a good consistency.) quickly fill and frost cake while icing is still warm.
• 15 if some icing gets too cool to spread easily, place it in microsafe bowl and microwave shortly just until softened and lustrous.
• 16 makes about 3-1/2 cups.