Best Ever Mud Cake Recipe
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I have been a chef and cake decorator for nearly 20 years. I absolutely love food, especially sweets and I would like to share with you what I think is the best ever mud cake recipe. This recipe has won me multiple awards and the best thing is it is so simple to make. It is sure to be a crowd pleaser, one piece is never enough.
Chocolate Mud Cake
- 350 grams dark chocolate pieces
- 225 grams butter
- 600 ml water
- 3 eggs
- 400 grams castor sugar
- 400 grams self raising flour
- Grease and line a 23cm/9" round cake tin. Preheat oven to 170C/325F.
- In a saucepan over low heat, heat chocolate, butter and water. Stir frequently until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
- In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Gradually beat cooled chocolate mixture into eggs.
- Whisk sugar and flour into chocolate mixture, continue beating until smooth and well blended.
- Pour mixture into cake tin. Bake for 45 minutes or until skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out clean.
- Turn cake onto wire rack to cool.
*Please note: This mixture is quite runny, use a solid cake tin not a springform tin.
*Tip: Line tin with baking paper, this will make the cake easier to remove from the tin, no sticking to the sides.
Truffle Mixture
- 120 grams dark chocolate pieces
- 100 grams butter
- 300 grams sifted icing sugar
- 4 tbsp double or whipping cream
- In a bowl over a pan of simmering water melt chocolate, stirring frequently.
- Cool slightly, then stir icing sugar, butter and cream until well blended.
Chocolate Glaze
- 225 grams dark chocolate pieces
- 165 ml double or whipping cream
- In a saucepan over low heat, heat chocolate and cream, stirring frequently until melted and smooth. Keep warm.
Assembling The Cake
- Cut cooled mud cake into layers.
- Spread truffle mixture between layers with a palette knife. Reserve some mixture to finish round the edges of the cake.
- Position cake on wire cake rack and pour warm glaze over the top.With a palette knife to spread glaze to cover top and side evenly.
- Put remaining truffle mixture into a piping bag with a star nozzle. Pipe a decorative border around the edge of the cake.
Tips
- This cake is firm enough to cover with rolled fondant if using as a wedding or special occasion cake.
- To appreciate the full, rich flavour that this cake offers it is best eaten at room temperature.
- This cake is suitable for freezing.
Enjoy!
Here are some more alternatives using the same recipe
White Chocolate Mud Cake
- Replace dark chocolate with white chocolate
Orange Mud Cake
- Can be made using either white or dark chocolate
- Replace water with freshly squeezed orange juice
Hazelnut Mud Cake
- Omit 50-100 grams flour and replace with ground hazelnuts (depending on how nutty you like your cake)
- Also add in 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
Lemon Poppy Seed Mud Cake
- Replace dark chocolate with white chocolate
- Use 400 ml water and 200 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Add a few drops of lemon essence and 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- You may add some grated lemon zest if you like a bit of extra tang
Caramel Mud Cake
- Replace dark chocolate with white chocolate
- Replace castor sugar with brown sugar
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Comments
Hi Susan,
I can't say that I have ever come accross this problem before? Did you use castor sugar? Sorry I can't really help you.This mud cake recipe is very simple and tastes delicious, I hope you enjoy it.
What is castor sugar? The recipe we followed called for ordinary white sugar. Anyway, we might try your recipe one of these days. I'll let you know if we do. Thanks. :)
Castor sugar is a very fine ground sugar, it is like a powder but it will not crystalize in your cake batter.
I see. Maybe that's why there were crunchy bits of sugar in our cake - we used ordinary refined sugar. :O Thanks, kel. :)
I have to try this recipe. That cake looks soooo good!
Thanks for sharing.
Vondre'
P.S. I also have a cake related Hub Page. Check it out if you get a chance by clicking on my picture.
Thank you SO much. I - like you have been a cake decorator for many years and have many beautiful rich choc cake recipes that never fail. But in Australia mud cake is still the only cake people think of for their wedding cake over and over again and I've never found a recipe I am happy with. Not only is this good (and easy) but you've added all the variations that brides expect aswell. Well done!
hi there,
just thought i would let you know i am trying this out tomorrow night for state of orgin footy my best friend is coming and is adicted to chocolate so i am hoping she will love this cake, will let you know who it turned out
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Hi there:
I've had many attempts at making a really moist and dense mud cake, but have failed. Why does my cake always come out with dry-ish with crumbs instead of dense and moist?
What am I doing wrong? Any tips?
Thanks so much.
Hi Chloe,
It's hard to say without knowing what you are doing, maybe you are overbeating the batter or putting the cake into an oven that is too hot so that it is drying out before the cake is cooked all the way through. You may also want to try putting a round of grease proof paper on top while the cake is cooking, this will ensure that the cake rises evenly and also won't crack and dry out on top.
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Susan Ng says:
4 months ago
My mouth is already watering. :) We attempted to make a chocolate mud cake following another recipe, but it came out with crunchy bits inside - sort of like sugar. Would you happen know exactly what we did wrong? :O (We haven't gotten enough courage to try it again. Hehe.)