Caramel Mud Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 185 g butter, chopped
• 150 g chocolate, chopped coarsely
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/3 cup golden syrup
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup cream
• 300 g chocolate, chopped coarsely

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderately slow and grease a deep 23cm round cake pan; line base and sides with baking paper.
• 2 combine butter, chocolate, sugar, golden syrup and milk in a saucepan over low heat, without boiling, until smooth.
• 3 transfer to large bowl to cool for 15 minutes.
• 4 fold in sifted flours then add eggs 1 at a time.
• 5 pour into pan and bake for about 1 1/2 hours (check carefully as i did mine in an aga and it only took 50 minutes).
• 6 stand cake in pan 30 minutes and then turn onto wire rack to cool.
• 7 spread top and side with chocolate ganache.
• 8 chocolate ganache:.
• 9 bring cream to boil in small saucepan, pour over chocolate in small bowl stirring until chocolate melts - refrigerate, stirring occasionally about 30 minutes or until spreadable.