Marbled Chocolate Mud Cake Recipes

GERMAN MARBLED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°, butter and flour a 10-inch square pan.
• Cheesecake Batter: With a blender beat the cream cheese and butter in small bowl on high for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar, then eggs one at a time, blending well.
• Blending on low speed add the flour and then the vanilla, set aside.
• Chocolate Cake Batter: Melt chocolate pieces and butter in pan over low heat; remove pan from heat, stir twice and set aside.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs with blender on medium speed for 1 minute.
• Add sugar and vanilla to egg mixture.
• Slowly blend in the chocolate butter mixture, beating on low until well mixed.
• Add the flour to chocolate butter mixture in two additions (mixing only till all flour is absorbed).
• Pour 2/3 of the chocolate batter into prepared pan.
• Spoon the cream cheese batter on top of the chocolate layer.
• Pour the remaining chocolate batter on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Draw a table knife through all three layers of cake in gentle swirls creating a marbleized effect.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven, on the lower-third level for 40-45 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out ALMOST clean (cake should be pulling away from the edges).
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, carefully remove and cool completely.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C or 140°C for fan forced.
• Grease and line a 22cm round cake tin.
• Combine butter, chocolate, cocoa, coffee power, water, and vanilla in saucepan.
• Use a whisk to whisk over low heat until smooth and well combined.
• Remove from heat set aside until lukewarm.
• Use electric beaters beat eggs sugar until pale and creamy.
• Add chocolate mixture and flour and whisk until combined.
• Pour into cake tin; bake 55 minutes or until moist crumbs cling to a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake.
• Remove from oven.
• Sit in pan for 15 minutes or more before turning out.
• Allow to cool completely before icing.
• For chocolate ganache: Combine chocolate and cream in saucepan over medium heat stir until mixture is melted and smooth. Cool 5 minutes before spreading over cake.