Mud Cake

Name: Mud Cake
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 550 g (1 lb 4 oz/2½ cups) sugar; 4 eggs; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) buttermilk; 2 tablespoons oil; 155 g (5½ oz/1¼ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 155 g (5½ oz/1¼ cups) self-raising flour; 60 g (2¼ oz/½ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter; 250 g (9 oz) dark chocolate, broken; 2 tablespoons instant coffee powder; 1 quantity chocolate glaze chocolate shards, to decorate

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter
250 g (9

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C (315°F/Gas 2–3). Grease a deep 22 cm (8½ inc