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The Tunnel of Fudge is a legendary, a mystery, the Lost Ark of midcentury baking. Until now
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The Tunnel of Fudge was revolutionary when it took second prize in the Pillsbury Bake-Off of 1966 .
Invented by Ella Helfrich of Houston , the recipe created an underdone, fudgy center in the middle of an otherwise unassuming ring-shaped chocolate cake.
In the decades since, legions of home cooks have attempted to replicate the gooey delights.
The Tunnel of Fudge cake was first invented by Ella Helfrich of Houston in the 1960s .
A Pillsbury food chemist, Howard Lincoln , developed the recipe using dry frosting mix in 1966 .
In 2025 , Mallory Edwards created a copycat version of that discontinued frosting.
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