The Best Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe – Baking from Scratch Series
The Best Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe – Baking from Scratch Series
If you looking for the most chocolaty, rich, dense and easy Chocolate Mud Cake? This is it! I’ve got two simple yet easy methods for you to make this cake. It’s so good you wont’ need any frosting but if you must – I’d say go with some indulgent dark chocolate ganache.
The best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake recipe
This chocolate mud is delicious on its own is one and usually never get decorated cause you can eat it just as is without any frosting. But do try it with chocolate Ganache for a more indulgent dessert or go along with my all so decadent Velvet Chocolate Buttercream instead.
The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
You see that cut cake above? That’s the top of my Rhea’s mushroom House Cake. Yeah my kids love this cake so much that she asked me to make it for her birthday cake. I made it using the first method – the lighter version of this cake.
The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
You see the New York Yankees Cap Cake? This was Ziv’s birthday cake and yes he loves this cake very much too! But he loves it dense and muddy so we used the lazy method.
Why two methods? and what’s a lazy method?
If you look at both the cakes closely you will notice that Rhea’s mushrooms cake is a bit more lighter and airy while the New York Yankees cap is dense and truly a chocolate mud cake. I think you know the hint I’m giving you here ? My favorite version is the LAZY muddy dense chocolate mud cake.
So why two methods? Well when it comes to my custom decorated cakes I like a bit more lighter and airy cakes. So I decided to create a more lighter version of this especially for my kids and the next thing you know It became a preferred cake amongst some of my customers too.
You can serve it as a dessert with just some Kahlua Chocolate Buttercream for a more indulgent treat.
The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
Baking from scratch series.
By now you probably already know what this Baking from scratch series is right? Well, its’ just me trying to encourage everyone to bake from scratch. Not that I ever complained about box mixes but I think baking from scratch is simple easy and well.. nothing is better than from scratch! right?
Anyhow, in my attempt to encourage baking from scratch I’ve created a few recipes that are easy, simple and requie very little effort. Like this lazy method really needs 10 minutes and two simple bowls.
The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
This recipe can be used
- As a dessert.
- It can be covered in fondant.
- Can you use as a base for a novelty cake that needs carving.
Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes
- Chocolate
- Technically you can use any chocolate but the better quality of chocolate the better the taste!!
- Always use good quality chocolate that you can eat on it’s own.
- You can use any percentage you want really.
- If you use dark the cake will have a more strong chocolate taste. If you use semi-sweet or milk so will the flavor the cake.
- Personally; I like to use at least 60% chocolate for my cakes. Often I indulge in 70% and love it.
- Dark Brown Sugar – I prefer dark brown as compared to light brown for this recipe. I think the molasses in the dark brown intensifies the flavor so much more. But you certainly can use light brown sugar if you so prefer.
The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
The Best Ever Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
Makes 7 x 2 layers
Ingredients
- 200 grams (7 oz.) chocolate (see note)
- 200 grams (7 oz.) unsalted butter
- 200 grams (1 ¾ cup) all-purpose flour
- 240 grams dark brown sugar ( about 1 ¼ cup)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar left for half hour before use)
The Lighter Method
- Prepare your pans for baking.
- Preheat oven at 160 C / 320 F
- Melt Butter and Chocolate in a Microwave safe bowl. Starting with 1 min on high and then at 20 sec intervals as needed. Once melted add in the sugar and stir well. Set aside to cool.
- In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt.
- Now add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the chocolate mixture alternating each other.
- Place the eggs in your electric mixture with the whisk attachment and whisk until soft peaks form, add vanilla essence.
- Next fold in the egg mixture with the chocolate mixture very carefully; it might appear that all the air from the eggs has be deflated but you will also see that the batter is light and fluffy.
- Immediately pour the batter into two cake pan and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and decorate with your favorite frosting.
The Lazy Method
- Prepare your pans for baking.
- Preheat oven at 160 C / 320 F
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
- Melt Butter and chocolate in the microwave.
- Add sugar until well incorporated.
- followed by eggs one at a time.
- then the Vanilla
- and the buttermilk and the flour.
- Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool and decorate.
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The Best EVER Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
Recipe Card – Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
Chocolate Cake Delicious on it's own
Prep
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Total
Yield 18 servings
If you looking for the most chocolaty, rich, dense and easy Chocolate Mud Cake? This is it! I've got two simple yet easy methods for you to make this cake. It's so good you wont' need any frosting but if you must - I'd say go with some indulgent dark chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Make two 7 inch layer cakes
- 200 grams (7 oz.) chocolate (see note)
- 200 grams (7 oz.) unsalted butter
- 200 grams (1 ¾ cup) all-purpose flour
- 240 grams dark brown sugar ( about 1 ¼ cup)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar left for half hour before use)
Instructions
First Method
- Prepare your pans for baking.
- Preheat oven to 160 C or 320 F
- Melt Butter and Chocolate in a Microwave safe bowl. Starting with 1 min on high and then at 20 sec intervals as needed. Once melted add in the sugar and stir well. Set aside to cool.
- In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt.
- Now add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the chocolate mixture alternating each other.
- Place the eggs in your electric mixture with the whisk attachment and whisk until soft peaks form, add vanilla essence.
- Next fold in the egg mixture with the chocolate mixture very carefully; it might appear that all the air from the eggs has be deflated but you will also see that the batter is light and fluffy.
- Immediately pour the batter into two cake pan and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and decorate with your favorite frosting.
Lazy Method
- Prepare your pans for baking.
- Preheat oven at 160 C / 320 F
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
- Melt Butter and chocolate in the microwave.
- Add sugar until well incorporated.
- Next add eggs one at a time.
- then Vanilla
- followed by the buttermilk and flour.
- Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Courses Dessert
Cuisine French
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 61 grams per serving
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 194 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 7.5 g | 12% | |
Saturated Fat 4.3 g | 22% | |
Unsaturated Fat 2.8 g | ||
Cholesterol 53 mg | 18% | |
Sodium 137 mg | 6% | |
Total Carbohydrates 29.4 g | 10% | |
Dietary Fiber 0.6 g | 2% | |
Sugars 19 g | ||
Protein 2.7 g | 5% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Thank you so much for this recipe.. We loved it. Was so easy to make too. Love all your recipes.
Thank you Rashmi. SO happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the trouble to write this feedback.
What temperature do you bake choc cake at. This is a wonderful recipe. Can’t wait to try it.
Thank you Sue.Its really delicious. The temperature is 160 C just as the recipe indicates.
What kind of Chocolate do you use for this recipes?
Thanks Richa. I use Callebaut – mostly 70% for such chocolate cakes.
Can i skip the baking soda?
NO unfortunately you cannot skip the baking soda. It is the leavening agent in cakes.
Hi, I am a vegetarian, what do I substitute eggs with?
NO do not substitue the eggs in this recipe. If you want an eggless cake recipe try my eggless chocolate cake recipe. Thanks
After trying your banana cake recipe last weekend, gave this one a try today. Needless to say it's another winner. Will have to try this with the chocolate ganache next, but simple to make and totally delicious. Many thanks for sharing! Look forward to trying some more in the coming days.
You are welcome. Thank you so much for your feedback. I love when people have success with my recipes and enjoy them. Thanks so much for coming back to leave a feedback. Appreciate it.
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Nobody like go for Lazy method. I only believe that whatever we bake, when we serve it on our dinning table, family will like it and appreciate our efforts. I have baked tons of cake using different Ingredients. Love your recipe.
Thank you Harley. Happy to hear you like my recipes. I do love having easy simple methods sometimes. Enjoy!
I tried this recipe. I had run out of cake mix and was too lazy to go shopping. I saw your post baking a cake from scratch. Then I noticed this recipe with the lazy version.
Tried it, was perfect! Love the way my house smelt.
I also tried the ganache recipe. It turned out Yum. I could never pipe ganache before. This was perfect.
Thanks so much, think I will try baking from
Thank you so much Andrea. Love that you had success with this recipe. Appreciate that you took the trouble to come give me feedback. Thank you.