The Chocolate Mud Cake is a dense, moist, fudgy & delicious cake. It’s like a cross between a brownie, fudge, and chocolate cake. It’s thick, rich, and chocolatey. Totally Decadent, Sinful with chocolate in every bite & chocolate lovers dream. The Mud cake is made using rich dark chocolate & I have shown the easiest chocolate fudge frosting. This cake can be served hot or chilled as a dessert for your parties. The Chocolate Coffee Cake tastes delicious even without the frosting, so you could serve it as a tea time cake as well and have it along with a hot cup of coffee.
Yes, it’s Eggless & Made with Wheat Flour
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Chocolate Mud Cake With Easiest ChocolateFudge Frosting
Ingredients
Cake Batter Preparation
- 1 1/4th Cup Salted butter (room temperature)
- 1 Cup Dark chocolate (Finely chopped)
- 1 1/4th Cup Milk (room temperature)
- 1 1/4th Cup Sugar
- 1/4th Cup Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Coffee powder
- 1 tbsp Hot water
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Cup Wheat flour
- 1/4th Cup Cornflour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4th tsp Baking soda
- 1 Cup Thick curd/Yogurt
Easiest Chocolate Fudge Frosting
- 1 Cup or 125 gms Salted butter
- 1/2 Cup or 100 gms Powdered sugar
- 2 Cups/250 gms Dark chocolate (Finely chopped)
- 1 Cup Whipping/Heavy cream
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp Coffee powder
Instructions
Baking the Mud Cake
- Preheat your oven @180*C for 10 mins and Line 1 8inch cake tin with parchment paper & grease with butter or oil.
- Take a Pan add butter, milk, dark chocolate & mix on low flame till all is melted. Then add sugar, cocoa powder, coffee concoction(coffee +hot water), and vanilla extract. Mix & cook on low flame. When it starts boiling, switch off the gas & cool the chocolate sauce completely.
- In a bowl, sieve Wheat flour, cornflour, baking powder & baking soda. Keep aside.
- In a bowl, take fresh curd and whisk till smooth. Add the cooled chocolate sauce. Whisk till all mixed. Put the prepared flour in intervals & combine gently till smooth batter. Don't Over-mix the batter.
- Transfer the cake batter into a prepared cake tin. Place the cake tin in the middle rack of the oven & bake in a pre-heated oven for 60 - 65 mins @180*C or until the tester when inserted into the center comes clean.
- Once the cake is baked, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
Easiest Chocolate Fudge Frosting
- Take a Pan. Add butter, sugar, dark chocolate, whipping cream, cocoa powder, vanilla extract & coffee powder. Cook & on low flame till all is melted. Once melted, switch off the gas.
- Transfer and Cool the chocolate frosting sauce completely. Refrigerate for 2 hrs or freeze it for 1 hr or till you get smooth silky thick frosting.
Method to apply the Easiest Chocolate Fudge Frosting to the Mud Cake
- Coat the cake with the fudge frosting and pipe it with your favourite nozzle(used 21 no.) and dust it with cocoa powder.
- Serve & enjoy the Sinful fudgy Chocolate Mud Cake with the easiest fudge frosting for birthday parties, desserts or as a tea time snack.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- All Ingredients should be at room temperature.
- Don't overmix the cake batter as it will lead to a very dense cake.
- If your frosting is not setting or becoming thick, refrigerate or freeze for some more time
- Leftover frosting can be stored in an air-tight container.
- Cake can be stored and will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Microwave on high for 1 min a slice of cake if you want to eat it warm & can be paired with vanilla ice cream.