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Double Chocolate Mud Cake

17/11/2023

Here’s the recipe for a delicious double chocolate Mud Cake, a rich and tempting dessert that wins you over with the first bite. Follow the ingredients and instructions carefully to achieve a perfect result.

Ingredients

  • 200 g of good quality dark chocolate
  • 200 g of butter
  • 250 g of granulated sugar
  • 150 ml of water
  • 2 teaspoons of instant coffee (optional)
  • 150 ml of milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 200 g of self-raising flour (or all-purpose flour with a teaspoon of baking powder)
  • 30 g of cocoa powder

For the chocolate ganache:

  • 200 ml of fresh cream
  • 200 g of good quality dark chocolate

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 160 °C and prepare a cake pan by buttering and flouring it, or lining it with parchment paper.
  2. Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and put it in a pot along with the butter, sugar, water, and instant coffee. Heat the mixture over medium-low heat, stirring until all the ingredients are completely melted.
  3. Remove the mixture from the heat and allow it to cool slightly. Add the milk, eggs, and vanilla extract, mixing well to incorporate.
  4. Sift the flour and cocoa powder and gently fold them into the liquid mixture until you get a smooth batter.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, but the cake should still remain moist inside.
  6. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to finish cooling.

For the ganache:

  1. Heat the fresh cream in a pot until it almost boils.
  2. Remove the cream from the heat and add the broken-up dark chocolate, stirring until you get a smooth and homogeneous cream.
  3. Let the ganache cool slightly before spreading it over the cooled cake.

The double chocolate Mud Cake is now ready to be served. Remember that the texture of this dessert is particularly moist and dense, almost like mud (hence the name “Mud Cake”), which makes it so irresistible.

Curiosity

The Mud Cake has Australian origins and its name actually derives from the “mud”-like consistency that characterizes this dessert, extremely rich and moist. The double chocolate recipe is one of the most popular variations for chocolate lovers.