Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe

Chocolate Mud Cake Ingredients

250 g Butter
1 1/2 cups Hot Water
2 cups Castor Sugar
1/4 cups Cocoa
1 tablespoons Instant Coffee
200 g Dark Cooking Chocolate
1 1/2 cups SR Flour
2 Eggs

Vanilla Icing Ingredients

125 g Dark Cooking Chocolate
125 g Unsalted Butter

Chocolate Mud Cake Directions

Melt butter in double boiler, stir in combined coffee and hot water, then chocolate & sugar.
Stir until smooth.
Sifted dry ingredients into 3 lots.
Place melted ingredients into electric mixer bowl and gradually beat in dry sifted ingredients individually.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Greased and base line a 25 cm cake tin & pour in mixture.
Bake in slow oven (150 deg, C) for approx 2,5 hours.
Stand for 5 minutes before turning out of tin.

Vanilla Icing Directions

Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
Pour over cold cake and smooth out.
Note Cooking time may vary.
Cake is cooked when skewer comes out reasonably clean.