Name: Hazelnut mud cake with fudge frosting
Cook time: 110 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 360 gram dark eating chocolate, coarsely coarsely chopped; 225 gram butter, coarsely chopped; 3/4 cup (165g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 3/4 cup (180ml) water; 3/4 cup (110g) plain flour; 1/4 cup (35g) self-raising flour; 1/2 cup (50g) ground hazelnuts; 2 eggs; 1/3 cup (80ml) hazelnut-flavoured liqueur; Fudge frosting; 45 gram butter, coarsely chopped; 1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon water; 2 tablespoon hazelnut-flavoured liqueur; 1 cup (160g) icing sugar; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Ingredients

360 gram dark eating chocolate, coarsely coarsely chopped

225 gram butter, coarsely chopped

3/4 cup (165g) firmly packed light brown sugar

3/4 cup (180ml) water

3/4 cup (110g) plain flour

1/4 cup (35g) self-raising flour

1/2 cup (50g) ground hazelnuts

2 eggs

1/3 cup (80ml) hazelnut-flavoured liqueur

Fudge frosting

45 gram butter, coarsely chopped

1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar

1 tablespoon water

2 tablespoon hazelnut-flavoured liqueur

1 cup (160g) icing sugar

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Method

1.Preheat oven to 150°C. Grease a deep 20cm round cake pan and line base and side with baking paper.

2.Stir chocolate, butter, sugar and water in a medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl and allow to cool for 15 minutes.

3.Stir sifted flours, ground hazelnuts, eggs and liqueur into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture into pan. Bake cake about 1 hour 35 minutes. Stand in pan 5 minutes. Turn top-side up onto a wire rack to cool.

4.Meanwhile, to make fudge frosting, stir butter, brown sugar and water in a small saucepan over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and stir in liqueur. Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a small bowl; gradually stir in hot butter mixture until smooth. Cover and refrigerate about 15 minutes or until frosting thickens. Beat frosting with a wooden spoon until spreadable. Spread cooled cake with frosting.

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