Chocolate-Glazed Fudge Cake

Chocolate-Glazed Fudge Cake
(slightly modified from the original Pillsbury recipe)
Prep Time: 30Minutes
Total Time:  2Hours 10 Minutes
Makes: 16 Servings

INGREDIENTS:
Cake
1 cup salted butter
16 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
2 tsp vanilla
6 large eggs, lightly beaten

Glaze (Ganache)
1/2 cup whipping cream
8 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla

DIRECTIONS:
Heat oven to 350F.  Grease 8-inch round cake pan. In medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth.  Remove from heat.  Stir in vanilla. Gently stir in beaten eggs until well combined. Pour into greased pan.  Bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is set. Remove cake and place on a wire rack to cool for 40 minutes.

After cooling carefully run an knife around the edge of the pan and invert the cake on the wire rack and cool an additional 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan warm the whipping cream to just boiling over medium heat, stirring occassionally.  Remove from heat and immediately pour over chocolate, stir until smooth and add vanilla.

Place cake on serving platter after cooling time is complete. Slowly pour glaze (ganache) over the top of the cake allowing some to drip down the sides. Store in the refrigerator. Enjoy!