Mayonnaise Mud Cake

Recipe By:

Birch and Waite

birchandwaite.com.au [1]

Prep Time:

15 min

Cook Time:

2 hrs

Serves:

Something about chocolate and our mayonnaise just works. The sweet sour mix of cocoa and dark chocolate perfectly plays off the creamy tang of Birch & Waite Whole Egg Mayonnaise for a deeper, richer tasting mud cake than the usual fare. Hard to beat as a luxury dessert.

Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour
1 ½ cups caster sugar
⅓ cup cocoa
200ml hot water
200g premium dark chocolate, melted
Double shot espresso (60ml strong black coffee)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup Birch & Waite Whole Egg Mayonnaise
2 eggs

Method

Combine flour, sugar and cocoa in a large mixing bowl. Mix well
While mixing on low speed, add hot water, melted chocolate, espresso and vanilla. Mix until combined
Add mayonnaise, mix. Add eggs and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes
Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 80-90 minutes or until cooked
Let cake cool for 5 minutes in pan before turning onto a wire rack
When cold, cut into thirds crossways. Spread a thin layer of Chocolate Cream on each layer and sandwich together
Place cake upside down on serving plate to give a flat top. Use remaining cream to cover the top and sides of cake. Decorate with toffee pieces before serving

Chocolate Cream

Ingredients

250g cream cheese
400g premium dark chocolate, melted
300g sour cream
1 cup icing sugar mixture

Method

Beat cream cheese with electric mixer until soft and creamy
Add melted chocolate while mixing. Add sour cream and icing sugar. Beat until combined and creamy

Toffee Pieces

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

Method

Melt 1 cup sugar in a heavy based pan over high heat. Once sugar turns to liquid and is golden in colour, drizzle toffee onto baking paper creating lacy pieces which can be broken when cool