BEST Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe
If you looking for a rich, dense, and easy chocolate mud cake? This is it! Three layers of dense chocolate cake layered with wonderful caramel buttercream that's finger-licking good. Perfect for any birthday, celebration or just went you are in a chocolate mood. A treat on its own with or without frosting.
Servings 18 servings
Calories 520kcal
Cost $10
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale
Ingredients
For the cake
- 7 oz Chocolate
- 8 oz Unsalted butter (1 cup, 2 sticks)
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- ½ cup White sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Buttermilk
For the caramel buttercream with chocolate flakes
- 8 oz Butter unsalted
- 2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 cup Caramel sauce
- ½ tsp Salt
- 4 oz Melted chocolate
Extra
- ½ cup Simple Syrup
Instructions
For the cake
- Grease and line and 8-inch round baking pan/pans
- Preheat oven at 160 C / 320 F
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt.
- Melt butter and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Add the sugars and stir until almost melted
- Next, add the vanilla followed by the eggs one at a time.
- Then add the buttermilk - combine well.
- Lastly, add the flour and mix until you have a smooth batter. A whisk works well for this.
- Pour the batter into your baking pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 60 to 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and decorate with your favorite frosting.
Caramel Buttercream with chocolate flakes
- Mix the caramel into the velvet American buttercream until well combined.
- Pour the melted still warm chocolate over the buttercream and leave it alone.
- After 10 minutes stir it vigorously. (read note above)
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Nutrition
Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 339mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 695IU | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 2mg