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Chocolate Mud Cake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cake
250   Butter
1 1/2 cups 355mlHot water
2 cups 396g / 13ozCastor sugar
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozCocoa
1 tablespoon 15mlInstant coffee
200   Dark cooking chocolate
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozCake flour - sifted
2   Eggs
  Vanilla
  Icing
125   Dark cooking chocolate
125   Unsalted butter

Recipe Instructions

1. Melt butter in double boiler, stir in combined coffee and hot water, then chocolate and sugar. Stir until smooth.

2. Sifted dry ingredients into 3 lots.

3. Place melted ingredients into electric mixer bowl and gradually beat in dry sifted ingredients individually.

4. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.

5. Greased and base line a 25 cm cake tin and pour in mixture.

6. Bake in slow oven (300F/150C) for approx 2,5 hours.

7. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out of tin.

Icing:

8. Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.

9. Pour over cold cake and smooth out.

Note Cooking time may vary. Cake is cooked when skewer comes out reasonably clean.

Source:
Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken

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