Mud Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee
• 1 1/4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup fruit juice
• 175 g baking chocolate
• 250 g unsalted butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• icing sugar (to dust)

Recipe

• 1 put coffee, hot water and fruit juice into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• 2 add the broken chocolate and butter and stir until melted.
• 3 add the sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
• 4 remove the mixture from the heat and allow to cool.
• 5 sift the flour and baking soda together into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
• 6 beat the eggs together with the vanilla and stir into the chocolate mixture.
• 7 pour the chocolate mixture into the well in the dry ingredients and stir to mix.
• 8 pour the mixture into a well greased and floured ring tin.
• 9 bake at 140°c for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours until the cake has shrunk from the sides of the tin and is firm to the touch.
• 10 cool in the tin for 20 minutes before turning out onto a cake rack.
• 11 dust with icing sugar before serving.