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Chocolate mud cake for the purse cake project

June 24, 2011 by CJ [email protected] 8 Comments

Chocolate mud cake
Ok! This may not be the most inspiring photo but as I wrote in my last post I am working on a purse cake project at the moment. I have already made the main decoration, a gum paste brooch, for the purse cake. So the next step was to bake the cake.

Since I want the purse cake to be without any filling. I decided to go for a rich chocolate mud cake. As you can see, my purse cake will be a “simple” round shape, so no plans for luxury designer bags this time.

When I baked the cake I was aiming for a total 3″ high (wide) cake. But the cake did not raise as much as I was hoping for. This is always a tricky part for me, when I bake mud cakes. But I am sure, that when the top/crust is cut off. It will still be OK to use for the purse cake project.

I have added the chocolate mud cake recipe to my recipes and a recipe for home made self-raising flour as well.

So now I have the gum paste brooch and the cake. I still need the cake board and the rest if the materials for this fun purse cake project.

Happy Caking!

Louise

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  1. Alyza

    September 17, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    Is there any other kind of chocolate can be used aside from dark chocolate? Hope you would reply xx

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  2. Joy

    June 26, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    The cake looks wonderful.

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  3. Barbara

    June 24, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    This might be a crazy question, but is that parchment paper up the sides of your pan and why do you cook your cake with it?

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    • Anonymous

      June 25, 2011 at 11:07 PM

      Yes it’s parchment/baking paper. I always use it since it makes the cleaning more easy and the extra collar helps keeping the cake batter inside the tin.

      Reply
  4. Mi Vida en un Dulce

    June 24, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    I can’t wait to see how the purse will looks like…!!
    By the way, I love the brooch you made, will give the elegant touch.

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  5. Anonymous

    June 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Please click on the pink text saying “chocolate mud cake recipe”

    Reply
  6. Rebecca Scott

    June 24, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    You must have been reading my mind! I just decided to do a purse cake for a Girls Night In Party I’m going to and was wanting to use a recipe I never tried before!! This will be perfect!! Thanks!! I have never made a mud cake before so Im super excited! Any special filling you like to use with this recipe?

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    • Anonymous

      June 24, 2011 at 2:06 PM

      Rebecca, since mud cake is so rich in chocolate flavor. I often just use a ganache filling, which makes it just even more chocolate yum or just use it plain. You can of course also use a fruity filling like a delicious fruit mousse. But then you need to store the cake in the refrigerator.

      Reply

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