Chocolate Mud Cake For Dieters Recipes

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE FOR DIETERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160°C and line a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
• Place the prunes, apple juice and bicarbonate of soda in a saucepan, bring to the boil, turn off the heat, cover and leave to cool.
• Once cool, puree until smooth.
• Sift the flour and cocoa and stir into the cooled prune puree.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, adding sugar gradually.
• Fold half the egg whites into the prune mixture and then fold in the remaining egg whites.
• Keep stirring gently until the egg white is incorporated.
• Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Cool on a rack and just before serving, sieve the icing sugar over the top.
• Serve with low-fat ice cream, low-fat fruche, or a coulis made from pureed, frozen raspberries.

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.

CHOC-A-LOT MUD CAKE.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/ gas mark 4.
• For the cake, place the butter and chocolate in a large bowl. Set over a pan of simmering water and stir well, until completely melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar and hot water. Sift together the flour and cocoa, then stir into the mixture. Beat in the eggs, and mix well.
• Pour into a buttered and floured 24cm/9.5in loose-bottomed cake tin and level off the top. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Leave in the tin for 10-15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool before icing. (or serve warm, as a dessert.)
• To make the icing, place the butter, milk, sugar and cocoa in a bowl and set over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Stir until the mixture is glossy and smooth. Remove from the heat and allow the icing to cool completely.
• Beat well until the cold icing becomes thick, then spread over the cooled cake. *Chocolate mud cake should only be frozen un-iced.
• Indulge in this marvelous cake warm with a dollop of ice-cream. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to warm (160°C).
• Brush a deep 23 cm square cake tin with melted butter or oil. Line the base and sides with baking paper, extending at least 2cm above the rim.
• Sift the flours, cocoa and bicarb soda into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and make a well in the centre.
• Put the chocolate and butter in a pan. Add the water and stir over low heat until the butter and chocolate dissolve.
• Using a large metal spoon, gradually stir the chocolate mixture into the dry ingredients.
• Whisk together the buttermilk, oil, coffee and eggs in a large jug and add to the cake mixture. Stir until the ingredients are well combined and smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hour 40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre.
• Leave the cake in the tin to cool completely before turning out.
• To make the icing:.
• Combine the chocolate and butter in a small pan and stir over low heat until smooth.
• Cool to room temperature, stirring often, until the mixture is thick enough to spread.
• You can speed up this process by refrigerating the mixture.
• Turn the cake upside down so that the uneven top becomes the base, and spread the icing completely over the cake.
• Allow the icing to set slightly before serving.