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Aunty Bev’s mud cake

20 minutes

Aunty Bev’s mud cake

Serves 16

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

250 g butter
25 g cocoa powder
½ cup water
400 g sugar
½ cup plain yoghurt
1 T vanilla paste
1 t bicarbonate of soda dissolved in 1 T milk
¼ t salt
2 free-range eggs
240 g flour, sifted
For the topping:
130 g icing sugar
4 T milk
60 g butter
2 T cocoa powder
80 g desiccated coconut

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Melt together the butter, cocoa powder, water and sugar in a saucepan. Set aside to cool.

2. In a mixing bowl, combine the yoghurt, vanilla, bicarb in milk, salt and eggs. Add the cooled butter mixture and mix until well combined.

3. Add in the flour and mix until well combined.

4. Bake in an 30cm x 20cm greased ovenproof dish for 20 minutes or until cooked through.

5. To make the topping, melt together all the ingredients in a saucepan.

6. Pour the topping over the baked cake while it is still hot. Serve hot or cold.

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Videography: Kevashan Moodley and Romy Wilson
Photography: Tahila Pillay
Food assistant: Sophia-Maria Eygelaar

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