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Hyde Park Fudge Cake

Last updated on August 4, 2016 By Anna 24 Comments This post may contain affiliate links.

Happy Birthday Karen! This Hyde Park Fudge Cake is for You.

Hyde Park Fudge Cake

Hyde Park Fudge Cake is based on a recipe from a local bakery called Texas French Bread. They named the cake after their neighborhood, Hyde Park, which is located near the U.T. Campus. It’s a nice area, but I don't get over there much and am happy Texas French Bread was nice enough to share the recipe. According to the Statesman, it is one of Austin’s top 10 dishes.

This cake is very simple. Given the funky ⅓ measurements, I supposed Texas French Bread makes these cakes three at a time. The original measurement for the egg is “2 ⅔ egg” so maybe the high yield recipe called for 8 eggs. Or maybe they just measure eggs by weight and were converting.

The icing came together beautifully and had the perfect texture and sheen. Since I don't have a double boiler, I used a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water.

Happy Birthday, Karen! I'm sending this cake to work so I guess Todd's co-workers are celebrating your birthday this morning.

 

UPDATE:  This recipe is no longer my favorite. If you're going to make a chocolate pound cake, I recommend this one or Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt.

 

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  1. Brooke

    August 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    I made this cake over the weekend for my family and we all fell in love! So good and moist. My only thing to change for next time, let the iceing settle a bit before putting it on the cake. It was runny and spilled out into the middle. But it was still good!!! Yummy.

  2. Robin

    July 17, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    Hi Anna,

    Do you mind if I ask how you were able to get TFB to share the recipe?

    I'm an ex-Austinite who still longs for their wild rice salad with walnuts and dried cranberries...

    Thanks!

  3. Anna

    December 06, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Hooray! Glad the all butter sub worked.

  4. Karen

    December 06, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Postscript: I finally made "my" birthday cake and it came out great, very moist and a nice texture, kinda like gingerbread. I subbed butter for the shortening and just used water, no coffee. We have really enjoyed snacking on it all week long. A great easy cake! Thanks again!

  5. Sue

    October 28, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Thanks Karen! I'm glad the judges weren't too brutal on your birthday. 🙂

  6. Karen

    October 28, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Thanks everybody for the birthday wishes from around the globe! The judges weren't too brutal today. I got home in time for my brother to take me to lunch at a new Italian restaurant.

    To Sue and Shannon - I often cut a bundt cake recipe in half and bake in a loaf pan. Usually in an 8 x 4 rather than 9x5 for a taller loaf, but either way works.

  7. Anna

    October 28, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    Shannon, I think a tube pan would work.

  8. Sophia

    October 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Happy birthday Karen!
    That cake does look wonderful.

  9. Shannon

    October 28, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    This cake looks FANTASTIC! I'd love to make it for work, but don't currently own a bundt pan...do you think another pan would work? I'd hate to ruin the recipe by poorly chosen...erm...hardware!

  10. snookydoodle

    October 28, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    nICE CAKE . LOOKS SO YUMMY

  11. Sue

    October 28, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    For the sake of experimenting with different recipes and not being deluged with cake, would it work to halve a bundt cake recipe and bake it in a loaf pan?

    It's time for me to go for a walk. The baked item at my house today is apple pie. Totally ridiculous since there are only two people to eat it, but it's my husband's all time favorite.

  12. Anna

    October 28, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Hi Annie,

    This cake is good, but I do think butter would be better than shortening. Definitely give it a try!

  13. annie

    October 28, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    Anna, how fortuitous I am today, as I was looking for a chocolate cake to bake for my son's birthday tomorrow.I was wondering if I could substitute the shortening for butter as I do not like shortening, nor do I have any on hand. Thank you for the many recipe ideas I have gleaned from your blog.

  14. Heidi

    October 28, 2008 at 11:34 am

    I didn't even know there was a hood named Hyde Park. I've not had any of those foods (I know, I know, I demanded Amy's the next time we are in town)

  15. Anna

    October 28, 2008 at 11:26 am

    I'm celebrating Karen's birthday right now with a small piece of cake.

    Sue, I will let you know if this is *the one*. It's very good and I love the frosting, but I need to eat some more to decide if it's the best.

    Jess, don't feel bad. The only thing on the list I've tried are the french fries from Hyde Park Grill. They're great, but I prefer the fries at Trio in the Four Seasons. Do you follow Dishola? It's more up-to-date. I think the things on the list above are personal favorites of the now-retired restaurant reviewer.

    I'm glad Karen's getting a birthday greeting from the REAL Hyde Park. Wow. And another one from Portugal!

  16. clumbsycookie

    October 28, 2008 at 11:02 am

    Isn't Karen a lucky girl to get such a yummy looking cake?! Happy birthday!

  17. Annie

    October 28, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Happy Birthday from Hyde Park, UK!

  18. VeggieGirl

    October 28, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Happy birthday to Karen!!

    DAMN that fudge cake looks heavenly.

  19. Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer

    October 28, 2008 at 9:28 am

    That looks so decedent!!!

  20. Karen

    October 28, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Wow! I'm in total shock! What a surprise! Thanks so much, that really made my morning - glad I clicked on cookiemadness so early today to see that! I'm appearing in court today, in one hour, so I'm very stressed out and really should not be surfing the web. I'll have to make my cake later and let you know how it comes out!
    Thanks so much, Anna!

  21. runjess

    October 28, 2008 at 9:15 am

    It appears that I've only had one dish on the Top 10 list (Hyde Park french fries). What a shame.

  22. Katrina

    October 28, 2008 at 8:39 am

    Yum! Happy Birthday, Karen!

  23. aTxVegn

    October 28, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Definitely one of the best cakes in town. Yours looks lovely!

  24. Sue

    October 28, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Happy Birthday Karen! That cake looks great!! This recipe is going in the "try it" file. I've been looking for a really good chocolate bundt cake recipe for a long time. I've tried a couple but they're not quite it. Maybe this is the one.

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