Mud Cake

This stunning chocolate cake with creamy ganache topping is ideal as the centrepiece at the tea table.

The ingredient of Mud Cake

• 250g butter chopped
• 200g dark chocolate chopped
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 cup self raising flour sifted
• 1 1 2 cups plain flour sifted
• 1 4 cup cocoa powder sifted
• chocolate flakes to serve
• 200g dark chocolate chopped
• 2 3 cup thickened cream

The Instruction of mud cake

• preheat oven to 180u00b0c 160u00b0c fan forced grease a 6cm deep 22cm round cake pan line base and sides with baking paper
• melt butter in a large saucepan over medium low heat add chocolate sugar and 1 cup cold water cook stirring constantly for 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth transfer to large bowl cool for 10 minutes
• add eggs stir to combine add flours and cocoa stir until smooth pour mixture into prepared pan bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre has moist crumbs clinging stand for 10 minutes in pan turn out onto a wire rack to cool
• meanwhile make chocolate ganache place chocolate and cream in a small saucepan over medium low heat cook stirring constantly for 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth transfer to a bowl refrigerate for 30 minutes or until thick enough to spread spread over cake top with chocolate flakes stand for 10 minutes or until ganache is set serve

Nutritions of Mud Cake

fatContent: 756 913 calories
saturatedFatContent: 40 1 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 25 1 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 93 9 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 8 grams protein
sodiumContent: 123 milligrams cholesterol