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Rich Chocolate Mud Cake
Makes Cake
More effort
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A heavy chocolate cake, almost flourless in construction.
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- Cake
- * 180g butter (preferably continental unsalted butter, but regular salted butter works fine)
- * 180g sugar (90% castor sugar, 10% dark brown sugar)
- * 4 eggs
- * 240g milk chocolate melts (or equiv. cooking chocolate)
- * dash of cream
- * 1 Tablespoon of Kahlua
- * 1/4 cup of plain flour
- * 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
- Ganache
- * 125g milk chocolate melts
- * 2 Tablespoons of cream
- * additional cream if needed
Method
step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 175 degrees C (for fan forced ovens) or 180 degrees C for standard ovens.step 2
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.step 3
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing in well with a whisk.step 4
Melt the chocolate and kahlua together and add the cream to make it smooth.step 5
Pour the smooth chocolate mix into the butter and eggs and whisk well.step 6
Add the remaining ingredients, mixing until smooth.step 7
Pour the mix into a lined spring form pan (6cm deep by about 20cm diameter) and bake for approx. 50 mins (or until skewer comes out clean).step 8
Allow to cool in pan for 10 mins before extracting and cooling fully on a rack. The centre of the cake will likely sink slightly, this is perfectly acceptable.step 9
Ice with ganache and refrigerate.step 10
Ganache.step 11
Melt the chocolate melts with a little cream, then mix in the remaining cream. If itâs not completely smooth, add a little more cream. Pour over the cake, smoothing with a knife.
