Chocolate Mocha Mud Cake

• 250 grams butter
• 1 1/2 cups water hot
• 2 cups sugar, superfine
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 200 grams cooking chocolate dark
• 1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 2 large eggs
• 1 x vanilla extract
• 125 grams cooking chocolate dark
• 125 grams butter, unsalted

1. Melt butter in double boiler, stir in combined coffee and hot water, then chocolate and sugar.
2. Stir until smooth.
3. Sift dry ingredients into 3 lots.
4. Place melted ingredients into electric mixer bowl and gradually beat in dry sifted ingredients individually.
5. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
6. Greased and base line a 25 cm cake tin and pour in mixture.
7. Bake in slow oven (150 deg, C) for approx 2 1/2 hours.
8. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out of tin.
9. Icing: Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
10. Pour over cold cake and smooth out.
11. Note: The cake can also be made into mini cakes.
12. Just need to reduce baking time accordingly.

butter, water, sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, chocolate dark, flour, eggs, vanilla, chocolate dark, butter

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-mocha-mud-cake-32984 (may not work)