Top baker spills his secret recipe for the PERFECT chocolate mudcake (2024)

Chef shares how to make the most indulgent home-made chocolate mud cake
Morgan Hipworth creates the dessert using pantry staples and a simple method
Morgan's recipe has received over one million views and hundreds of comments
'This is by far the best looking mud cakes I've seen, well done,' a foodie wrote

By Amelia Roach For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:35, 27 January 2022 | Updated: 05:35, 27 January 2022

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A talented chef has shared how to make the most indulgent chocolate mud cake that is perfect for every occasion.

Melbourne bakery owner,Morgan Hipworth, 20, creates the decadent dessert using common pantry ingredients and a simple method.

He begins by sifting 230 grams of flour, 85 grams of cocoa powder, two tablespoons of baking soda and half a teaspoon of baking powder into a bowl.

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A talented young chef has shared how to make the most indulgent chocolate mud cake that is perfect for every occasion,uses common pantry ingredients and a simple method

He then adds 400 grams of sugar, 250 millilitres of full cream milk, 125 millilitres of vegetable oil, one teaspoon of vanilla essence and two eggs to the bowl.

Morgan mixes the ingredients together while he adds 250 millilitres of boiling water into the bowl.

He pours the batter into a lined baking tin and cooks it the oven at 150 degrees celsius for 70 minutes.

He pours the batter into a lined baking tin and places it into the oven at 150 degrees celsius to bake for 70 minutes

Morgan's homemade chocolate mud cake ingredient list:

For the mud cake:

230g Plain flour, sifted
400g Caster sugar
85g Cocoa powder, sifted
2tsp Baking soda, sifted
1/2tsp Baking powder, sifted
1 tsp Salt
250ml Full cream milk
125ml Vegetable oil
1tsp Vanilla essence
2 Eggs
250ml Boiling water

For the chocolate ganache:

200ml Thickened cream
200ml Milk or dark chocolate (your preference)

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Once the cake is cooked Morgan lifts it from the oven and allows it to cool while he makes the chocolate ganache.

He makes the ganache by boiling 200 millilitres of thickened cream in a pan over the stove top.

Once the cream has boiled he pours it into a heat-proof bowl containing 200 millilitres of either dark or milk chocolate and stirs well to combine.

Once the cake is cooked Morgan lifts it from the oven and allows it cool while he makes the delicious chocolate ganache

To finish, Morgan removes the cake from the tin to placeonto a serving plate and spoons the ganache on top to enjoy.

The young chef's recipe has received more than a million views and hundreds of comments from foodies stating how delicious the cake looks.

'I'll admit I am a huge fan of the classic mud cake from Woolworths but this is by far one of the best looking mud cakes I've ever seen, well done,' a foodie wrote.

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