•  
Advertisement
Home Baking

33 decadent mud cake recipes

Guaranteed to impress.
Profile picture of Women's Weekly Food
White Chocolate and Raspberry Mud Cake

These incredibly indulgent mud cake recipes are just what you need to satisfy those sugar cravings. From our popular raspberry and white chocolate mud cake recipe and an impressive four-layer caramel mud cake to a classic, moist chocolate mud cake, these dangerously decadent desserts are sure to please. Serve them up with a generous spread of icing and a big scoop of ice-cream or drizzle of cream for a winning sweet treat. Enjoy!

Advertisement

Looking for more indulgent cake recipes?

How to make mud cake: the secret to a moist (but not too moist) cake

Some people like mud cakes to be moist and fudgy, others prefer them dryer and more cake-like. It’s up to the cook, and it’s all about getting the temperature and baking time right with mud cake recipes.

If your mud cake isn’t cooking in the middle, it needs longer baking. Often lower oven temperatures aren’t too accurate; the longer slower baking won’t hurt the cake.

Mud cakes are high in fat and sugar, and they can develop a sugary crust during baking. If the crust is a problem for you, try baking the cake at a slightly lower temperature. Drop the temperature by 10 degrees to start with, and keep a note of the results. The cake might take a little longer to cook, but probably not much – up to 15 minutes or so.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
black forest mud cake
Baking
January 31, 2018

Black forest mud cake

This cake is an absolute winner. We’ve used maraschino cherries here, you can use fresh or canned cherries, if you like. Maraschino cherries are available from gourmet food stores and good delicatessens.
By Women's Weekly Food
Caramel mud layer cake
Baking
May 22, 2017

Caramel mud layer cake

Decorated with an easy ‘naked’ butter cream frosting, vienna almonds and a sprinkle of edible flowers, this four-layer caramel mud cake will make an eye-catching centrepiece at any event. Simply stunning!
By Women's Weekly Food
Advertisement
Double-decker chocolate mud cake
Baking
November 27, 2013

Double-decker chocolate mud cake

Uniced cake suitable to freeze. Ganache suitable to microwave. Note
By Women's Weekly Food
White Wedding mud cake
Baking
May 30, 2012

White wedding mud cake

To make chocolate curls, melt 1 cup white chocolate melts. Cut out several 8 x 10cm squares of baking paper. Spread or pipe (in a lacy pattern) a thin layer of chocolate onto paper in an oval shape. Fold over and carefully press tips of chocolate together to create a hollow loop. Support loops on […]
By Women's Weekly Food
Advertisement
choc caramel mud popcakes
Baking
February 28, 2011

Choc caramel mud popcakes

You need to press the cake mixture into balls using your hands – do not roll as the mixture will crumble. You will need 25 lollypop or paddle pop sticks for this recipe. When dipping the cake pops in melted chocolate, tilt the bowl of chocolate to one side, so the chocolate is deep enough […]
By Women's Weekly Food
mud cake hearts
Quick & Easy
March 31, 2010

Mud cake hearts

Paper hearts can be bought at newsagents, or you can place a smaller heartshaped cutter, covered with plastic wrap, on each cake before dusting. Dust hearts with icing sugar. Pour mixture evenly into prepared pan. Use a cutter to cut hearts. Note
By Women's Weekly Food
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
CARAMEL MUD CAKES
Baking
September 30, 1974

Caramel mud cakes

If you don’t have a candy thermometer, boil the syrup until it’s thick with heavy bubbles. Remove from heat, let bubbles subside, then reassess the thickness of the syrup. Note
By Women's Weekly Food

Advertisement

Advertisement

Profile picture of Women's Weekly Food
Women's Weekly Food

Trusted by home cooks for 90 years, The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen and cookbooks hold a singular place in shaping home cooking within the Australian culinary landscape. Today, the AWW Test Kitchen in Sydney is a thriving hub for food content, connected to two bustling photographic studios where a talented team of Australia’s best recipe developers, art directors, editors and photographers create our world class food content. Our recipes are thoroughly tested and tasted and given the Test Kitchen tick of approval, guaranteeing you’ll get great results in your home kitchen.

Related stories

Advertisement
Advertisement