Rich Chocolate Mud Cake
Indulge in the rich and decadent flavors of this luscious chocolate cake with a velvety ganache topping. This recipe blends creamy butter, sweet sugar, and melted chocolate for a luxurious treat that is sure to delight your taste buds. A touch of Kahlua adds a hint of sophistication to this dessert, making it a perfect choice for any special occasion or simply when you're craving a bit of chocolatey goodness.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175 degrees C (for fan forced ovens) or 180 degrees C for standard ovens.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing in well with a whisk.
- Melt the chocolate and kahlua together and add the cream to make it smooth.
- Pour the smooth chocolate mix into the butter and eggs and whisk well.
- Add the remaining ingredients, mixing until smooth.
- 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).
- 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.
- Ice with ganache and refrigerate.
- Ganache.
- 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.
Yield
Makes 1 cake
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