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Mud Cake

Recipe #48410 | 1¾ hours | 20 min prep | 1 cake (Change Servings)
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JustJanS

RECIPE BY: JustJanS

Posted for a request. This is one of the few cakes I bake. It's moist, dense and keeps well and comes from the Australian Women's Weekly cookbook Cakes and Slices.

Posted on: Dec 11, 2002

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Ingredients

  • 250 g butter
  • 150 g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1/3 cup whiskey
  • 4 teaspoons dry instant coffee
  • 1 1/2 cups plain flour (all purpose)
  • 1/4 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 egg, lightly beaten

    • Directions

    1. 1
      Grease a 23cm slab pan, line the bottom with paper, grease the paper.
    2. 2
      Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, water, whisky and coffee in a double saucepan or a heatproof bowl, stir over hot water until the chocolate is melted and mixture smooth; cool to luke warm.
    3. 3
      Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, stir in the sifted flours and cocoa, then the eggs.
    4. 4
      it's quite a thin batter, so don't panic!
    5. 5
      Pour into the prepared tin and bake in a moderately slow oven for about 1 1/4 hours.
    6. 6
      Stand 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
    7. 7
      Serve dusted with sifted icing (confectioner's) sugar, and whipped cream if you wish.

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    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 cake 1481g

    Recipe makes 1 cake)

    Calories 5396
    Calories from Fat 2768 (51%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 307.6g 473%
    Saturated Fat 189.1g 945%
    Monounsaturated Fat 85.3g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 12.6g
    Trans Fat 0.0g
    Cholesterol 957mg 319%
    Sodium 1629mg 67%
    Potassium 2462mg 70%
    Total Carbohydrate 634.4g 211%
    Dietary Fiber 41.9g 167%
    Sugars 403.2g
    Protein 64.8g 129%
    Vitamin A 6697mcg 133%
    Vitamin B6 0.3mg 16%
    Vitamin B12 1.7mcg 28%
    Vitamin C 0mg 0%
    Vitamin E 7mcg 24%
    Calcium 367mg 36%
    Iron 45mg 253%

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