milk chocolate mud cake

[Bedlam]

250g unsalted butter
200g Cadbury milk chocolate
1 Tablespoon of instant coffee
11/2 cups boiling water
13/4 cups caster sugar
2 eggs
11/2 cups SR flour
1/2 cup cocoa

Method
preheat oven 160C.
lightly grease and line tin. (this makes a large cake, the mix is quite runny and its sticky when cooked so make sure you line the tin)
Dissolve coffee in boiling water.
Combine butter and chocolate in TMX 3min 50 sp 2 or until melted
add coffee/water mix and sugar, sp 2 until combined and sugar dissolved
add eggs, cocoa and flour.  interval until combined.
Bake for 1 hour to 1/14 (although I find it usually takes longer in my oven) allow to cool in pan.

We use this for all our special events.

members' comments

Terri -  it was a wonderful cake, everyone loved it and all wanted seconds. Sadly for myself there were no left overs. Thank you so much for sharing that recipe.

maddy - Loved this cake Denise! Thank you.  I poured the batter into 3 sandwich pans and baked for 37 minutes, middle rack.  Also let the cakes cool completely in the tins and they came out easily. For the icing I blitzed 100g cherry jam until smooth and runny, then set aside.  I  made a double batch of creamy vanilla frosting (minus the vanilla extract), and subbed with the jam. Absolutely will make again.
This works well for cupcakes too. I set the oven on 170^oC and baked the smaller cupcakes for 23 minutes...and the larger ones for 27 minutes. Topped with the creamy vanilla frosting, with only 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and 50g strawberry conserve (blitzed first).

[achookwoman]

Bedlem,  this looks great,  Thanks.  DH doesn't like dark chocolate so will really enjoy this.

[Bedlam]

Chookie, we make this all the time, its a lovely rich cake. If you think the TMX instructions need modifying please let me know. I play but forget to write it down.
I usually buy 2 bars of chocolate one for the ganache!

[cookie1]

Great cake Bedlam. I guess if you used Lindt flavoured chocolate you could lightly flavour it. I was thinking orange intense.

[jkelmum]

How many grams is in a cup ?

[fundj&e]

of which ingredient jkelmum.

this may help http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=3154.0

[Terri]

I made this last night for my Son's birthday, it was a wonderful cake everyone loved it and all wanted seconds (which there wasn't any of) sadly for myself there were no left overs thank you so much for sharing that recipe

[@HomeMum]

Hi all! I am making my sons birthday cake tomorrow which will be in a Wilton decorative tin. Was thinking I would use a double quantity as the tin is quite large. The only problem I can forsee is trying to get it out in one piece.
Do you think this recipe will be suitable?

[dede]

Hi @Homemum, there is a cake release recipe on the forum somewhere that might help so your cake comes out in one go.

[judydawn]

Here's the cake release thread.

[dede]

Thanks Judy, I'm not sure how to add links from tapatalk so leave it up to someone else

[Frozzie]

I havent figuered that out either  mandi but have no time to play with i either..

[@HomeMum]

OK so I am now on my 3rd attempt of making this mud cake in the airplane tin. Fingers firmly crossed.
1st time I brushed the pan with melted copha and covered in flour (as the directions on the pan stated)
2nd time I sprayed in generously with canola spray.
Both times ended in the cake splitting in half through the middle and me having to scrape the rest out from the base 
That was last night.....

Today I made the cake realease and brushed that all over the pan. It's in the oven now. If it doesn't work this time I will ditch the mud cake idea and just do a normal sponge recipe as I am wondering whether it is to dense or all the chocolate and sugar is making it stick?

[judydawn]

Either that or toss the airplane tin @HomeMum   Fingers crossed for a success this time though.

[dede]

Gee @HomeMum I hope it works for you this time. Fingers and toes crossed for you.
What are you going to do with all that cake?