Chocolate Mud Cake
Directions
- 1Place a glass heatproof bowl over simmering water.
- 2Add butter, chocolate, sugar, hot water, and instant coffee into the bowl to melt.
- 3Allow the mixture to melt together for about 5 minutes until all ingredients are well melted.
- 4Remove the bowl from heat.
- 5Add milk to the hot mixture, which will decrease its temperature.
- 6Mix the milk into the mixture.
- 7Add the four eggs, one by one, while mixing.
- 8Add the vegetable oil and mix well.
- 9Sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder into the wet mixture.
- 10Mix all ingredients on speed number one until nicely combined.
- 11Preheat oven to 300°F.
- 12Line an 8-inch diameter baking tin with parchment paper on the bottom and sides.
- 13Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking tin.
- 14Bake the mud cake in the 300°F oven for about 2 hours.
- 15Once baked, let the cake cool down completely before unmolding.
- 16To unmold, use a tin with a removable bottom, push up gently from the bottom.
- 17Carefully remove the parchment paper from the sides and bottom of the cooled cake.
- 18Optionally, level the top of the cake by cutting off a small portion with a sawing motion to make it straighter.
- 19Place the cake on a tray lined with parchment paper to catch excess ganache.
- 20Pour the dark chocolate butter ganache over the cake, ensuring it covers all sides.
- 21Gently bang the tray to even out the ganache.
- 22Let the ganache set up for a while.
- 23Slice and serve the chocolate mud cake.
Ingredients
- 300 G all-purpose flour
- 175 ml hot water
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 250 g semi chocolate
- 125 mL milk
- 55 G cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 550 g granulated sugar
- 30 ml instant coffee
- 30 ml vegetable oil
- 2.5 mL baking soda
- 10 mL baking powder
- 5 ml salt
Equipment
glass heatproof bowlmixersieve8 inch diameter baking tinparchment paperknifetray
Tips
- Use baking paper around the sides of your cake pan to prevent overflow, as this cake rises very high.
- If you don't get the top perfectly even when cutting, you can go again.
- Clean the knife with hot water before making additional slices for a cleaner cut.
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