Perfect chocolate mud cake
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Serves: Makes 2 large cake
Your guests will be begging you for the recipe!
Ingredients
200g butter or margarine
200g dark chocolate, broken into smaller pieces
30ml instant coffee granules
150ml water
500ml (420 g) castor sugar
200ml (110 g) Snowflake cake flour
200ml (110 g) Snowflake self-raising flour
3ml bicarbonate of soda
60ml (25 g) cocoa power
125ml buttermilk
2 extra-large eggs
Chocolate Ganache
300g dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
200ml fresh cream
Method
- Place butter, chocolate, coffee, water and sugar in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Melt together over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter and chocolate are melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
- Sift cake flour, self-raising flour, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa powder together. Add the cooled chocolate mixture and beat gently.
- Whisk eggs and buttermilk together, add to chocolate mixture and mix gently. Pour mixture into a lined and greased 23 cm loose-bottom springform cake pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 160 °C for about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool slightly in pan before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Ganache: Combine chocolate and cream in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Set aside and allow to cool to room temperature. Spread ganache over the cooled cake. Decorate with fresh berries, chocolate curls, or truffles.
