Chocolate mud cake

Name: Chocolate mud cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 200g dark chocolate; 1 tbsp espresso powder; 100ml whole milk; 250g self-raising flour; 40g cocoa powder; 250g caster sugar; 4 large free-range eggs, lightly beaten; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 150ml soured cream; 150g milk chocolate; 150g dark chocolate; 100ml double cream; 50g unsalted butter

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h 10min

Our ultimate chocolate mud cake recipe: fluffy chocolate sponge iced with rich chocolate ganache. Fab for birthdays, Easter and chocoholics. If you’re after something even more indulgent, try our Bruce Bogtrotter chocolate cake – the one that features in Roald Dahl’s Matilda.

Updated at: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:23:38 GMT