Chocolate fudge cake with caramel sauce

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       Title: CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 10 Servings
  
            -Source: Aust Gourmet
            -Traveller Jan'94
  
   750g butter, chopped 2.1/2 cups caster sugar 6 eggs, separated 185g
   self-raising flour, sifted 2/3 cup cocoa powder 1 cup walnuts, coarsely
   chopped 125g butter 4 tablespoons golden syrup 460g sweetened condensed
   milk Caramel sauce (recipe follows),to serve Topping 150g dark chocolate,
   chopped 120g copha, chopped
   
   Beat butter and sugar until creamy.  Gradually beat in egg yolks and then
   1.1/2 cups water.  Gently fold in the flour and cocoa. Beat egg whites
   until soft peaks form and fold through chocolate mixture. Fold in walnuts.
   Pour into a greased and floured 23cm round cake tin and bake at 180C for 20
   minutes.  Cool a little. Meanwhile, combine butter, golden syrup and
   condensed milk in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until smooth. Bring
   to the boil and pour over warm cake. Return to oven and cook at 180C for 20
   minutes. Cool in tin. For topping, combine chocolate and copha in a
   saucepan and cook over low heat until melted and well combined. Spread over
   the cooled cake.  Cool and serve with warm caramel sauce, Serves 10-12.
   Caramel sauce: Combine 125g of butter, chopped, and 250g brown sugar in a
   saucepan, stir over low heat until well combined. Add 500ml cream and stir
   vigorously.  Bring to the boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Bon
   Appetit-Exec.Chef Magnus Johansson
   
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   From: Sherree Johansson               Date: Mon, 08-0
  
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