Cake #196 - Mississippi Mud Cake

Friday with Mississippi Mud Cake. A family favourite.

Mississippi Mud Cake

200 g butter
100 g dark chocolate
150 ml water
300 ml caster sugar
300 ml plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 eggs

1. Preheat the oven to 170C and grease and flour a 22 cm springform cake pan.
2. Melt butter and chocolate together and beat in sugar and water until smooth.
3. Fold in the flour mixed with cocoa powder and slightly beaten eggs.
4. Pour into cake pan and bake in the oven for about 50 minutes so that the middle of the cake is still a little moist.
5. Let cool in the pan before placing the cake on a serving plate.
6. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Fresh fruit and berries go well with mud cake, too.