White Chocolate Mud Cake

This recipe produces a moist, dense, and rich white chocolate mud cake. A sure hit at any family get together, and its quite simple to make as well!!

Ingredients

250 g butter, chopped
200 g white chocolate, broken into small pieces
2 1/4 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 cups water
2 cups plain flour
2/3 cup self raising flour
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract

Icing

Place 250 g white chocolate, 1/2 cup cream and 70 g butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir until entirely melted. Set aside to cool, then beat with an electric beater until thickened and fluffy. Spread over chilled cake.

Method

Preheat the oven to 120 degrees Celsius, Place the butter, chocolate, sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until the mixture is smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and whisk in the flours, then whisk in the eggs and vanilla. Pour the mixture into a 22 cm cake tin lined with baking paper. Bake for 2 hr or until cooked when a skewer is inserted in the centre. Stand for 10 min then remove from tin and allow to cool on a wire rack. Add icing and serve.

White chocolate mud cake with white chocolate fudge icing.