YUMMY MUD CAKE

Yummy Mud Cake:

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups flour

1/2 cup dark cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups sugar

16 ounces dark chocolate, chopped

1 pound unsalted butter

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons oil

2 tablespoons instant coffee

4 eggs

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 315F degrees (160C). Grease a deep 9" square Pyrex dish or cake pan with melted butter or oil.Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar. Make a hole in the middle of themixture.

In a small saucepan, add half of the chocolate and half of the butter. Next add water and stir over low heat until melted. Remove from heat.

Then pour chocolate mixture into the middle of the dry ingredients and stir well.

In another mixing bowl whisk together buttermilk, oil, coffee grains, and eggs. Then add to the mixture and stir well.When mixture is smooth (lump free) pour into square dish and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until fork comes out clean when pokedin the center. Let cool.

In saucepan, melt remaining chocolate and butter, stirring and removing lumps. Let cool, stirring constantly until icing is thick enough to spread. Spread icing over cake, let set, then cut into squares.