Best Ultimate Mud Cake Recipes

THE ULTIMATE WHITE CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat ovem to 175°C
• Heat the butter, chocolate, water and sugar in a saucepan stirring until melted and well combined.
• Sift flours together into a bowl and stir in the chocolate mixture. Add the eggs and vanilla.
• Pour into a greased and base lined 20cm round spring-form cake tin.
• Bake in the oven for 1 hour until cooked. Test cake with a metal skewer.
• Cool cake until it is ready to be iced. While doing this make the icing and sauce.
• ICING: bring cream to the boil, and then pour over the chocolate in a small bowl, stirring until the chocolate melts.
• Cover, refrigerate, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes, or until spreadable.
• Place cake on a serving plate and spread with white chocolate icing.
• RASPBERRY SAUCE: Crush the raspberries with water in a saucepan.
• Add sugar and cornstarch.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes.
• Push through a strainer & Cool down.
• Put the sauce into a ziplock bag, snip off the bottom and squiggle on top of the iced cake.

ULTIMATE MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 22 cm round tin, and line with baking paper. Make sure paper is extended 5cms above top of tin.
• Cut unsalted butter cut into cubes.
• Melt Chocolate, Butter, Water and coffee over hot water bath.
• Stir to combine and cool.
• Sift plain flour, self raising flour, cocoa powder and Bi-Carb Soda into a bowl.
• Stir in castor sugar.
• Make a well in the centre.
• In a jug mix together eggs, oil and buttermilk.
• Stir egg mixture into flour mixture with large metal spoon do not to overstir.
• Then gradually stir in melted chocolate mixture.
• Pour mixture into prepared tin, and bake at 160 C for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• If cake still looks wet/raw in middle, bake for 5-10 mins more.
• When cooked, remove from oven.
• Cool in tin until completely cold before turning out.
• Can be refridgerated in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks, or in a cool dry place for 1 week.
• Can be frozen for up to 2 months.
• Decorate cake as desired with your favourite Ganache recipe.