Chocolate Mud Cake
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 6 Categories:
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients:
Cake: 250
grams
Butter 1 1/2
cups
Hot Water 2
cups
Castor Sugar 1/4
cup
Cocoa 1
tablespoon
Instant Coffee 200
grams
Dark Cooking Chocolate 1 1/2
cups
SR Flour 2
Eggs
Vanilla
Icing: 125
grams
Dark Cooking Chocolate 125
grams
Unsalted Butter 1
Melt butter in double boiler
Directions:
water, then chocolate & 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 & pour in mixture. 6) Bake in slow oven (150 deg, C) 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.
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