Hi all,

A couple questions about mud cake. I've seen several beautiful photos of decorated mud cakes on here and am curious - what exactly is mud cake (I've taken a look at the recipe but am curious as to it's texture) Is it similar to a fudgy brownie? Would it be possible to use it in a tiered cake?

thanks much!

You know I have no clue what it is. I think I asked someone once and I think it's like a cake soaked in rum or something I want to know cause it sounds very good, sorry I"m no help since I'm not sure I would not take my word on this but this will get yors question at the top of the page may be someone out there knows

mud cakes are really dense, moist chocolate cakes.. My Mississippi mud cake is like a cross between cake and brownie texture, I use scotch and coffee in it, My white and caramel mud cakes aren't quite as dense, but still really dense. In my white mud cakes I use a white rum or a coconut rum, which seems to be the favourite!! I have also made them with out the alcohol or added raspberries, bananas etc..


It is great holds fondant really well and stacks really well!

More about mud cakes:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-24022-.html

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-60641-.html

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-23802-.html

Mud Cake Help:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-311423-.html

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-136931-.html

World's Easiest Chocolate Cake (Mud Cake)
(from epicurious.com - but no cocoa powder.)

http://tinyurl.com/b92cb

HTH

Mud cake is all i get asked to make, apart from the odd fruit cake.. like torki said they are really dense and moist, i would never go back to just a normal texture cake.

the best thing is they cover really well in fondant, i never have trouble with lumps or bumps in my fondant, you can stack them with out the worry of them sinking into each other.

i find they are best to work with after they have been in the fridge overnite or half frozen. i usually make two 2 1/2 inch cakes then join them with ganache to make one cake. so if i was making a 2 tiered stacked cake there would actually be 4 mud cakes.

i highly recommend them to anyone wanting a yummy tasting cake that decorates really well.

cheers

kylie

Are mud cakes good for carving or are they too heavy?

yep. just make sure they are really cold even frozen. Because they are so dense and heavy if you cut they wrong bit off you can just mold it back in...bit like putty!!

Thanks for the info, Torki.