Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
The Mud Cake is a fairly new variety which seems to have sprung off the American parental origins in the early 1970’s, along with its brother, The Mud Pie. One may call brownie and fudge its ancestors; Mud cake is usually a more sensible sized brownie, but there must be a few rogue genes in there too. In the early 1970’s mud cakes usually consisted of marshmallows, however this ingredient seems to have disappeared gradually.
Chocolate mud cake gets more delicious with the addition of dark chocolate in it. Though this cake is not a very healthy recipe, it does count on nutrition. For dark chocolate has many benefits for the human body as well. Dark chocolate consisting of cocoa, has high levels of flavonoids, which keep blood vessels open and blood flowing.
Here is a tempting Chocolate mud cake recipe. A cake you should make, if you like to bake.
Ingredients:
- Melted butter, for greasing
- 200g butter, chopped
- 100g good-quality dark cooking chocolate chopped
- 60mls (1/4 cup) water
- 30g (1/4 cup) cocoa powder, sifted
- 2 tbs espresso instant coffee powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 220g (1 cup) caster sugar
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- 115g (3/4 cup) flour, sifted
Hardware:
- 22cm round cake pan
- Electric beater
- Saucepan
- Microwave
- Oven
Method:
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 22cm round cake pan with melted butter and line the base with non-stick baking powder.
- Step 2: Mix butter, water, chocolate, coffee, cocoa and vanilla essence in a medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until chocolate melts or until smooth.( approx for 6-8 minutes)
- Step 3: Remove pan from heat and let it stand for 10 minutes or until mixture is slightly cool.
- Step 4: Whisk eggs and in a bowl until pale and creamy.
- Step 5: Whisk in the chocolate mixture until well combined. Then add the flour and whisk until combined.
- Step 6: Pour the mixture into cake pan and bake in preheated oven for 55 minutes. (Do not be concerned if the surface cracks a little).
- Step 7: Remove from the oven and let it stand in the pan for 15 minutes before leaving it to cool.
For icing:
- Dark chocolate
- Cream
Combine chocolate and cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM-HIGH for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every minute until almost melted and smooth. Set aside for 30 minutes, until thick enough to spread.
- Step 8: Spread icing over the cooled cake. Leave until the icing is firm.
- Step 9: Dust with icing sugar and serve.
Tips:
- Cut the cake with a warm knife to prevent the layer of icing from cracking.
- While serving, present the cake by garnishing it with chocolate curls.
To make chocolate curls, run a clean potato peeler down the block of chocolate, allowing curls to fall on the cake.
- To store, place the cake in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 1 week. The cake will get better with time.
- The cake can also be served with hot strawberry sauce or any other fruit sauce.
- Shikha Singh
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