Chocolate Mud Cake

Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe


Serves:
Ingredients:
Cake:
250 g Butter
1 1/2 c Hot Water
2 c Sugar
1/4 c Cocoa
1 tb Instant Coffee
200 g Dark Cooking Chocolate
1 1/2 c SR Flour
2 Eggs
Vanilla
Icing:
125 g Dark Cooking Chocolate
125 g Unsalted Butter

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Instructions:
1) Melt butter in double boiler, stir in combined coffee and hot water, then chocolate & sugar.
Stir until smooth.
2) Sifted dry ingredients into 3 lots.
3) Place melted ingredients into electric mixer bowl and gradually beat in dry sifted ingredients individually.
4) Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
5) Greased and base line a 25 cm cake tin & pour in mixture.
6) Bake in slow oven (150 deg, C) for approx 2,5 hours.
7) Stand for 5 minutes before turning out of tin.
Icing: 8) Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
9) Pour over cold cake and smooth out.
Note Cooking time may vary.
Cake is cooked when skewer comes out reasonably clean.