Baileys chocolate mud cake

Name: Baileys chocolate mud cake
Ingredients: 100g dark (70%) chocolate, chopped; 150g unsalted butter, chopped; 100g caster sugar; 100g dark brown sugar; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder; 170g plain flour, sifted; 11/ 2 tsp baking powder; 1/ 2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp cream of tartar; 150ml Irish cream; 100g unsalted butter, softened; 100g cream cheese, at room temperature; 150g pure icing sugar, sifted; 2 tbs Irish cream

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by Valli Little

delicious. team

Jun 24, 2016

The addition of Baileys give this decadent chocolate cake a rich, creamy flavour and just a bit of Irish magic.

100g dark (70%) chocolate, chopped
150g unsalted butter, chopped
100g caster sugar
100g dark brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder
170g plain flour, sifted
11/ 2 tsp baking powder
1/ 2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
150ml Baileys Irish cream

Bailey's Icing

100g unsalted butter, softened
100g cream cheese, at room temperature
150g pure icing sugar, sifted
2 tbs Baileys Irish cream

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line four 10cm x 7.5cm-deep round cake pans. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (don’t let bowl touch water). Set aside to cool.
2.

Beat butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer until thick and pale. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate, beating to just combine.
3.

Fold in dry ingredients, then stir through Baileys. Divide batter among pans. Bake, swapping pans halfway, for 30-35 minutes until just cooked and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
4.

Cool in pans for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
5.

For the icing, whiz all ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Spread icing over cooled cakes to serve.