Today’s recipe is Mississippi’s famous Chocolate Mud Cake. This cake is an absolute delight for chocolate lovers. Personally, I love this cake because of its texture. The texture of this famous Chocolate mud cake is exactly like its name.
The most important ingredient in this recipe is Chocolate. So the quality of the chocolate really matters here. I prefer my bakes with moderate sweetness and that is why I have used 55% chocolate. You can choose chocolate as per your taste but make sure you are using baking/cooking chocolate only.
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Quick Notes
Tin Size | |
Oven Temp | 180 °C |
Baking Time | 40 min |
MW Convection Temp | 160 °C |
Baking Time | 40 min |
Demold Instructions | 5 min |
Cooling Time | 10 min |
PS: Use conversion table to switch recipe between grams and cups
How to make a Chocolate Mud Cake
Lets start with eggless mud cake recipe. In a saucepan, take 180 ml water and 100 gm sugar. Start cooking it and keep stirring. When the sugar starts dissolving, add 110 gm butter. When the butter starts melting, add the coffee solution. Stir it.
Add 100 gm chopped chocolate and start whisking. The chocolate will start melting because of the heat. Continue to cook this solution on medium flame only else the chocolate can burn. Once the chocolate melts completely, add cocoa powder and whisk it. Now switch off the flame and let this mixture come to room temperature.
Now in a mixing bowl, take 125 gm all-purpose flour and ½ tsp baking soda. Start adding the prepared solution to the dry ingredients and continue to whisk. Make sure there should be no lumps or dry flour left.
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Add 5-6 drops of Colombian coffee flavor and mix it into the batter. The batter is going to be runny so do not worry about that. Do not feel tempted to add extra flour.
Now pour the prepared batter into a 6 inches greased and lined tin. I prefer using parchment paper to line the tins as it makes unmoulding really easy. Tap the tin on the counter and now bake it in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 40 minutes.
After 40 minutes, take the tin out from the oven. Do not immediately unmould the cake. Let it rest for 5-10 minutes and then unmould else the cake can break.
And you are done with your best ever chocolate mud cake.
Slice the cake after 10 minutes of resting else it will stick to the knife while cutting. This cake tastes best when served warm.
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Ingredients
- 125 gm All-Purpose Flour
- 110 gm Butter
- 180 ml Water
- 2 tsp Coffee Solution
- 100 gm Sugar
- 100 gm Chopped Chocolate
- 20 gm Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 5 drops Columbian Coffee Flavor
Instructions
- In a saucepan take water, sugar, butter, chocolate, coffee solution, and cocoa powder.
- Cook everything untildissolves.
- Let the solution come toroom temperature.
- In another bowl take flourand baking soda. Add prepared solution to it.
- Prepare a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into agreased tin and tap it on the counter.
- Bake it in a preheated ovenat 180 C for 40 minutes.
- After 40minutes, take the tin out from the oven.
- Let it rest for 5 minutesand then unmould.
- This cake tastes best whenserved warm.
Notes
- Every ingredient in the recipe and its quantity has its significance. Do not alter them.
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No doubt the taste of the cake was awesome. But there is something wrong with the recipe or something wrong we are doing. As other users mentioned there was a problem with me too. It didn’t come out well out of the mould even though I use silicon mould which has a pretty high success rate in cake coming out. the cake was literally a scattered chocolate mud in my case. The taste was not a problem but definitely not like the one looking in the pic. I have tried many many Sonia’s recipes and without fail, I have succeeded. I blindly followed this one too and there was something wrong this time.
Hi Gaurav
Thank you so much for all the trust and love. This motivates me to try and post more & more recipes for my readers.
Gaurav, did you let the cake rest in the tin for 10 min after baking? If no, then this may be the reason.
In this mud cake we have used more chocolate and liquid content which needs time to settle after baking. So let the cake rest in the tin itself after baking and then unmould it. As you have mentioned, you have used silicon mould so in your case, I would advise you to keep the tin in refrigerator for 10 min and then unmould it. I am sure this will help you.
Happy Baking
Sonia
I have tried this recipe thrice.. Exactly as mentioned. But every time it comes out broken.. Cannot cut into pieces..like if I try to pick up, it gets powdered. What could be the reason?
Looks like you are over baking it which leads to crumbly bake.
I checked it in between it was still uncooked from centre hence the exact time as u mention.. I have tried it.. Should I reduce the temperature??
This is mud cake, not the regular sponge cake. So the texture will be like gooey brownies.
I just put everything back in the tin and baked the cake for a little longer and it all came together and tasted wonderful. Love the recipe!!
Thanks much for the feedback.
Hi,
Tried making this one. I thought the batter was too runny but still went ahead with baking, when I took it out of the mould it just fell apart. I thought the flour was too less compared to wet ingredients. Any thoughts on what must have gone wrong
The batter should be runny and that is why this cake takes a longer time to bake. This cake is not for frosting or layering as it is too tender to lift.
Hi. Nice recipe. Want to try, but not sure what is a coffee solution ?? Please tell
coffee powder mixed in water is the coffee solution.
Super delicious, yummmy cake
Thanks sonia mam aapki saari recipe kuch new sikhati h thanku so much
Thanks a bunch, Monika for your lovely comment.
what is a coffee solution ?
coffee powder mixed in water is the coffee solution.