Preparation time: more than 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
A simple and delicious mud cake recipe.
Ingredients:
250 g butter
200 g dark chocolate
1⅓ cups caster sugar
1⅓ cups water
1 tsp instant coffee
1 cup plain flour
1 cup self-raising flour
¼ cup cocoa
3 eggs, lightly beaten
Method
In a large saucepan, add the first 5 ingredients.
Melt together over a low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter and chocolate are melted. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Sift plain flour, self raising flour and cocoa into a large mixing bowl.
Add the cooled liquid and beat gently.
Add the eggs and mix gently.
Pour mixture into a greased cake tin and bake at 150°C for 1 hour.
Recipe notes
My oven takes 1 hour, but some ovens could take 1½ hours to cook this recipe, so keep checking the cake.