Ingredients
24 slice(s)
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 250 g Butter, room temp
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 200 g water
- 340 g plain flour
- 30 g cocoa
- 0.5 tsp Bi Carb Soda
- 490 g sugar
- 4 eggs, large
- 2 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 g buttermilk
- 1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
Ganache
- 300 g dark chocolate, grated
- 100 g Thickend cream
Recipe's preparation
Preheat oven to 150c Grease and line a deep 23cm round tin Place chocolate, butter, coffee, sugar and water in TM bowl 3 mins 30c speed 2 Add remaining ingredients (except eggs) mix 30 secs sp4-5.with blades running just below sp 3, add the eggs, mix for 1 min Scrap sides and then another 30secs sp 4 Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour and 30minutes. Insert a thin-bladed knife or wooden skewer into the centre of the cake to test whether it is cooked through. When cooked through, remove cake from oven, cover with a clean tea towel and allow to cool in the pan. When the cake has cooled to room temperature, remove it from the pan. The top surface of the cake will probably have a crunchy crust, which you may wish to trim off. We turn the cake upside down to give a flat surface for icing. Make ganache. Chocolate and cream in tm 2 mins 50c speed 3 Allow to cool before spreading ganache over cake then refrigerate.
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TWEAKS by Lush have been added
Substitute 100g of water for Liqueur of your choice
Best Made the day before, wrap in glad wrap, then foil
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Comments
Add a commentI have made this a few times as a while choc mud...
I have made this a few times as a while choc mud and it works perfectly! I switch out dark choc to white (caramilk would also work). Omit the coffee and add extra vanilla instead. I replace the cocoa with plain flour. I also always whizz up choc before melting at the start of cake recipe and do it higher temp (whether doing dark or white mud) or it doesn't melt properly.
I've never used the ganache part of recipe.
I've also used the Well and Good gluten free flour in this recipe and it has worked perfectly. I've used this for very tall buttercream cakes and it's great!
adrisav: Honesty use whatever you have on hand. I...
adrisav: Honesty use whatever you have on hand. I always use salted in my dessert recipes.
What butter is needed? Salted or unsalted?
What butter is needed? Salted or unsalted?
Love this recipe! I converted it to be dairy free...
Love this recipe! I converted it to be dairy free so used Lindt 70% dark chocolate blocks and put them in the thermie for 1 minute on sp5 to have fine shavings. I used nuttlex buttery instead of butter and instead of buttermilk - oat milk with lemon juice.
It was a lot fluffier than the image, but tasted divine! It also only rose a little
I then cut it in halve and added pitted Morello cherries as a compote. And then icing sugar with cocoa and cherry juice. Definitely a win!
This is delicious! I used half sugar and milk...
This is delicious! I used half sugar and milk chocolate (making it for a kids birthday cake) and it was amazing. It rose a LOT, makes a tall and delicious cake.
Swapped 100g of water for Baileys and added a...
Swapped 100g of water for Baileys and added a splash of baileys to the ganache. An amazing adult mud cake. It gets better each day.
Definitely read the comments prior to making this...
Definitely read the comments prior to making this cake. Dense and delicious... Happy 11th bday to my son.
caramilk mudcake was delicious....
caramilk mudcake was delicious.
i make this cake often (with reduced sugar) but decided to substitute chocolate for caramilk, omitted the coffee and the cocoa. 3/4 batch was perfect fit for 20cm round tin and is one block of caramilk.
will try a white choc mud next.
Amazing!...
Amazing!
Easy to make and delicious.
Delicious 😋
Delicious 😋
This is 100% the best best chocolate mud cake I...
This is 100% the best best chocolate mud cake I have ever made. Thank you so much!!
This cake turned out really well. I dropped the...
This cake turned out really well. I dropped the amount of sugar and grated the chocolate at the start. It took longer to cook but that’s ok. Thank you
Love love love this recipe! I made it as a...
Love love love this recipe! I made it as a birthday cake and it was such a hit! Everyone wanted more.
I reduced the sugar by about 1/3 and halved the coffee as there were some little children eating it and it was still delicious.
I made 1 x cake using a 23cm spring form tin + 24 mini cupcakes. The mini cupcakes only need 12-14 mins in the oven (just keep an eye on them and test with a skewer).
Thanks to the tip from another user on here (sorry I can't remember who and can't find it now) - if you want a flat top that doesn't need trimming at all simply put a baking tray on the top of your 2/3 filled cake tin and the cake will rise up to it and flatten out and stay soft on top. So easy for icing!
I made this and yes it is delish, but call me dumb...
I made this and yes it is delish, but call me dumb but I used choc chips which didn't melt. Is the chocolate supposed to be melted first??
I made this and yes it is delish, but call me dumb...
I made this and yes it is delish, but call me dumb but I used choc chips which didn't melt. Is the chocolate supposed to be melted first??
I baked this yesterday for my son's birthday, it...
I baked this yesterday for my son's birthday, it came out beautifully. I was a bit worried about the top as at was quite dry and cracked but i sliced it off, placed the cake upside down, wrapped it overnight and iced it with the ganache today. Best mud cake I have ever tasted. My ganache was a bit runny but i left that in the fridge overnight and it was perfect today. Will be making this again and again.
White Chocolate version?...
White Chocolate version?
Very interested to hear if anyone has tried a white chocolate version how it went?
Love this recipeMy go-to for birthdays at our...
Love this recipeMy go-to for birthdays at our house.
this is the best mud cake ever! i have made it 20...
this is the best mud cake ever! i have made it 20 odd time and its perfect every time... and moist and great for holding up cake decorations..
has anyone made a white choc version of this? thanks for the great recipe 😊
Fantastic cake (I’ve made it a few times now &...
Fantastic cake (I’ve made it a few times now & has never failed me) EXCEPT .. the ganache!! What am I doing wrong?! I’ve followed the recipe and that part has always failed me (not the cake- just the ganache). Any tips? I’m grating it 1st before heating and it comes out bumpy- over cooked looking?
Beats every Mudcake I've ever had.. the only thing...
Beats every Mudcake I've ever had.. the only thing I'd change is to melt the chocolate prior to adding other ingredients. Definitely a Winner!!! Thank You for sharing 🙂
I love this mudcake, it is failproof every time I...
I love this mudcake, it is failproof every time I have made it!
Has anyone tried to make a white chocolate version? I am after one that is identical with consistency but just white chocolate.
TIA
Tahlia
Really is the best ever mudcake. Foolproof and...
Really is the best ever mudcake. Foolproof and always delicious, I make it for everyone's birthdays; a great cake.
I only use 300-350g sugar. This cake also rises a lot so bear this in mind when filling the cake tin and allowing enough height between oven racks.
Thank you for sharing!! I subbed with a GF flour...
Thank you for sharing!! I subbed with a GF flour mix of rice flour/tapioca/potato starch and xanthan gum and it was perfect. I used baking strips and a foil lid and I had a flat top with no crunchy bits. Like others my chocolate needed a higher temp and longer to melt but this recipe is a keeper.
whit3rabbit:...
whit3rabbit:
no I haven't but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Love the idea
Has anyone baked this with raspberries in it?
Has anyone baked this with raspberries in it?
Absolutely delicious! I used milk chocolate...
Absolutely delicious! I used milk chocolate instead of dark.
jlovelock:...
jlovelock:
i wouldnt use a spring form tin for a runny mixture ss it will leak out.
Also when filling up the cake tin, i would fill at most to two thirds because the cake will rise
Just baking now and I used a 23 cm springform pan....
Just baking now and I used a 23 cm springform pan. The cake mix has spilled over the sides and over the oven bottom. I am wondering why this happened? When I poured in the mix it was close to the top.
All baked up and popped into the freezer....
All baked up and popped into the freezer.
I found it pretty straight forward and I am not a baker. Baking did take a little longer but isn't an issue.
The only thing I changed was cut back the sugar to 350gms and I used an espresso shot as we don't do instant coffee here.
kenwood:...
kenwood:
Thank you - never can be sure with recipes sometimes, so many never state type of oven.
amcintyre:...
amcintyre:
I believe its fan forced well thats what i used.
Kanaan:...
Kanaan:
I used regular sugar
is this 150 degrees fan forced or conventional? I...
is this 150 degrees fan forced or conventional? I have a fan forced oven
What type of sugar needs to be used please x
What type of sugar needs to be used please x
Mud cake filled with cream cheese buttercream and...
I did wrap a thick wet tea towel around the cake tin too bake I found that this gave me a really flat top, and not so crusty
To make this a white chocolate mud cake would I...
To make this a white chocolate mud cake would I just add white chocolate and leave out the coffee and cocoa?
Goddessnatty: how long did you cook the double...
Goddessnatty: how long did you cook the double batch for? Just making one for a Paw Patrol cake for my grandson? Thanks
Followed the recipe to a t using high quality...
Followed the recipe to a t using high quality ingredients. The cake was unbelievably bland. If you are after a rich old fashioned chocolate mud cake recipe then this is not for you.
ButaFly...
ButaFly
OMG this sounds amazing! Just to clarify - did you cut the hard top off before poking it? Or leave it on?:
Has anyone made this in a 8inch cake tin and have...
Has anyone made this in a 8inch cake tin and have it over flow while cooking ??
Amazing! Thanks for a great recipe! Will be my go...
Amazing! Thanks for a great recipe! Will be my go to mud cake from now on!
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I have made this cake a zillion times and it has NEVER failed me. I have substituted some of the water for liqueurs and they’ve got rave reviews. This Eeyore cake was probably 4 batches. It was huge!! It freezes beautifully and holds up brilliantly under fondant. Can’t thank you enough for this recipe!!
Yasmine89:...
Yasmine89:
i have doubled the recipe and it only just fits!
Yum so moist, everyone enjoyed.
Yum so moist, everyone enjoyed.
This really is the best mud cake ever ❤️...
This really is the best mud cake ever ❤️
I made 2 x 20cm cakes as a layer cake. My daughter iced them with butter icing as naked cakes for my sisters 60th birthday. Thank you for this amazing recipe.
Bexie:...
Bexie:
it freezes ok. Most people wouldnt know, but i knew it was a bit drier than normal.
it is a great cake. I make it for birthday cakes as one of my go-to-cakes
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My Aunty told me it was the best mud cake she has tasted so thank you for the recipe!! It was a fabulous Baptism cake!
I only changed one thing and that was to use Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate rather than dark chocolate. I cooked for an extra 15 minutes also.
Thank you so much for this beautiful recipe it will be used for all birthdays.
Mrs_smith1985:...
Mrs_smith1985:
Hi, How many batches did you do to do the cake in your pic? I need to do a cake for approx 30 people, but it doenst have to be big slices.
Looking at making this cake for my Mums 80th! ...
Looking at making this cake for my Mums 80th!
How well does this cake freeze? if i was to make it a week ahead then freeze, would that be suitable? I would decorate on the day or the day before....
thoughts please