White chocolate and a normal Chocolate MUD cake recipe

[Oorki Galoorki]

naenae that would be great i dont need the ganache as i will be using fondant over it

[NaeNae]

White Choc Mud Cake

Makes 1x 22cm round cake or 1x 19cm square cake (alothought my cake tins are bigger so the cake is thinner)

Ingredients:

335g butter (unsalted is better for this recipe)
200mg white chocolate (the better the quality the nicer the taste)
2 2/3 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups plain flour
2/3 cup of self raising flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs

Method:

1 - Grease and line the base and sides of the cake tin with silicone paper (eg. Glad bake)

2 - In a saucepan combine the chopped butter, chocolate, sugar and milk. Stir over a low heat until the mixture has melted and everything is smooth. Pour into a bowl an dleave to cool for 15-20 min.

3 - Stir in sifted flour, essence and beaten eggs. Pour into cake tin. (I personally use the beater on low rather than stirring the cake still is quite dense but as cup cakes it seems to lighten it)

4 - Bake in a moderately slow oven (approx 160-170 degrees) for 2 hours.

5 - Cake will develop a thick sugary crust during baking; test for firmness by touching with fingers about 5 min before the end of baking time. Then test with a skewer. Continue to bake and test every 10 min until skewer comes out clean.

6 - Leave to cool in the tin until cool.

7 - This cake can be made 1 week in advance. Store in an airtight container or wrap well in plastic wrap.


**** For cup cakes follow all of the above except instead of pouring into cake tin, I ladle into cupcake patties sprayed with a non stick oil spray that are placed in muffin trays. I cook these for about 40 min but every oven is different, ne is fan forced but I do not use the fan, check after 30 min by testing with fingers then skwers. ****

NB - make sure you set ONE cup cake aside to nibble on while its still warm - this is the most essential step that the baker must follow

Another nice way to decorate them is to cut out a small circle in the top and fill with cream/ganache or whatever you are using on top and cut the circle in half and replace like butterfly wings then lightly dust with icing sugar.

Let me know if you want the chocolate one as well

Nae x