I guess I'll stick with APF to keep true to the qualities of a mudcake. Syrup is what I call the melted chocolate, butter.
Sooooo, here we are 8 months down the track and i thought i would stop by and ask - :anyone still making Mud Cakes?
As some know due to me posting a thread about why i have been absent - i curious if any of you make mud cakes as a regular option for your customers.and if so - are you finding them to be popular?
Me....yes, still making them more than any other cake - as a matter of fact i have an order for Sunday - White Chocolate Mud Cupcakes.... i will use a white cvhovolate ganache as a filling for them - i just pipe it in using a small piping nozzle - then spread some across the top before putting my fondant lid on each cupcake.
Is anyone else doing that when making Mud Cupcakes?
It works extremely well no matter which type of mud cake you use - or whether you make a cake or cupcakes.
Bluehue
mudcakes are fab and great in cupcakes and ganache goes perfectly with it i use EF recipe yummmmm
I made a White Chocolate Mudcake last month (the recipe that called for golden syrup, can't seem to find that recipe for some reason) and filled it with white chocolate SMBC, covered it with vanillla bean SMBC. It was a hit. I walked by a group of ladies once and one of them described me as "the one who made that white chocolate cake." LOL.
Yes, great to see that the *Mud Cake* is being made by more and more Cakers...
Bluehue
EDIT: Turns out my review wasn't for a true Pam's mudcake. Well, back to the oven I go...
vgcea - it's commonly thought that mudcakes are better after being frozen, so it should only get better I'm surprised you described it as crumbly though, did you torte it too soon? The chocolate needs time to re-harden, then it's usually nice and firm. Mudcake is a dream to carve, very little problem with crumbles at all.
Zespri, I too was surprised it crumbled. I totally was not expecting that. I baked it last night, left it in the pan (top covered with plastic wrap) at room temp, and torted this morning. I can not imagine why this happened. The cocoa I used was a baking bar with I believe 68% cocoa. Butter was Plugra.
Maybe someone can help figure out what went wrong. The banana cake held a nice carvable texture but not the dark chocolate.
EDIT: I figured out what I did wrong I started out wanting to make the Planet Cake recipe, made the syrup for that and while it was cooling, went about my business snooping around this thread... and then changed my mind and went for Pam's BUT forgot to tweak the melted chocolate mixture . Lawd, I'm so special. Okay so my review isn't for a true Pam's mudcake after all. Totally deleting that entry
Yes, great to see that the *Mud Cake* is being made by more and more Cakers...
Bluehue
Hear hear! And next month, I get bonafide true blue Aussie mudcake at a Planet Cake course! (ok, i'll quit bragging soon.)
I have made Bluehue's dark chocolate & white chocolate mud cakes. I think this will now be my go to recipes. Love them both and everyone who tasted them loved them too.
I have made Bluehue's dark chocolate & white chocolate mud cakes. I think this will now be my go to recipes. Love them both and everyone who tasted them loved them too.
Pleased to read that you enjoyed the Mud Cakes.
Another style of cake to offer to your customers/family.
Wonderful cakes to stack - and when your cakes are torted, filled and then crumbcoated with Ganache you will find that they stay moist for days.
By adding different flavours (peppermint/coffee/cherry for example) you now have a very versitile cake batter.
Thank you for coming back to this thread and *reporting your findings*
Appreciate it
AZCouture - The courses aren't cheap - so brag away - look forward to hearing what you thought of the course and your views of the Mud Cakes
Bluehue
Bluehue - she's not doing the Planet Cake course in Australia - actually don't even think it is Planet Cake that is doing them - it is Jessica Pedemont (PC staff) that is teaching at Baking Arts in ... ??? San Diego? (guess LOL)
It will be fantastic! Faye Cahills girls have taught there too - at long last a little bit of Australia is on offer for all that want to learn
Can't wait to see what Jamie comes up with after completing these cake courses!
Excited for HER!!
Ahem - Baking Arts is in San Francisco
I have had chocolate mud, but I didn't make it. It was very, very tasty. But I love my regular chocolate cake so I'm keeping mine. I keep meaning to make white chocolate mud but I have not gotten around to it yet . But I will!
Maybe next week - I've been seeing an increase in requests for white chocolate anything.
hehe - San Diego, San Fran ...... close enough - both start with San haha bit like NBC saying Australia was in Europe during the Olympics !!
Pam - i was going on this post from above...
And next month, I get bonafide true blue Aussie mudcake at a Planet Cake course! (ok, i'll quit bragging soon.)
Bluehue
Just curious, do people use a dark chocolate ganache on a white chocolate mud cake sometimes? or is it usually white/white and dark/dark combos?
thanks!
It's normally white/white, dark/dark, but there's nothing to stop you using any combination you like. I ate a stack of dark chocolate scraps with white chocolate ganache the other day, and it was very yummy.
Cakfat - i make milk chocolate ganache for my White Mud Cakes.
Personally i find white ganache far too sweet and rich with the White Mud Cake.
Where as the milk ganache isn't so *tooth tingling sweet* -
Bluehue
blue- thank you so much- great idea! And that's the 2:1 Ratio for the milk chocolate ganache- same as dark?
I just made a white chocolate/white chocolate last weekend (it was my first mud cake- ever- got the recipe here) and I'm a convert!! Honestly I think it was one of the nicest cakes I've ever had or made. I shared with my Aussie and New Zealand friends and they said it was ah-may-zing.
But for me the white chocolate ganache was a bit sweet. going to make another one next week for work colleagues, so will use the milk chocolate ganache this time around. thanks a lot!
blue- thank you so much- great idea! And that's the 2:1 Ratio for the milk chocolate ganache- same as dark?
Yes, thats correct - 2:1 ratio.
Your most welcome - as i said - i find the white ganache so overly sweet - but the milk ganache is just right - imo.
You can of course, use milk ganache to fill the cake and then use white to cover - if you have both on hand.
There isn't any hard and fast rule as to what ganache you use with what cake - its just a personnel choice.
Plus the milk ganache looks good when you cut the cake -
I just made a white chocolate/white chocolate last weekend (it was my first mud cake- ever- got the recipe here) and I'm a convert!! Honestly I think it was one of the nicest cakes I've ever had or made.
Yayyy - another great cake batter to add to your recipe collection. I shared with my Aussie and New Zealand friends and they said it was ah-may-zing.
But for me the white chocolate ganache was a bit sweet. going to make another one next week for work colleagues, so will use the milk chocolate ganache this time around. thanks a lot! - glad to help
Bluehue
Bluehue - Lots of us east-coasters are using sour cream in our white ganache now
Seems to be less sweet with a nice tang
Bluehue - Lots of us east-coasters are using sour cream in our white ganache now
Yes, many West Coaster do that also - but not me.
I keep my sour cream for my Mexican food and the likes.
Seems to be less sweet with a nice tang... Hmmmm, its the *tang* that i am not keen on - to me its like mixing lemon with Mango ...
Thanks Pam - good thing you posted that tip - so others can think about using it
Blue...
I am going to try the sour cream with the white chocolate. I love sour cream chocolate ganache with banana cake. Awesome combo! I can see how well it would go with the white chocolate.
Bluehue - Lots of us east-coasters are using sour cream in our white ganache now
Seems to be less sweet with a nice tang
That's interesting Pam! Do you substitute some of the cream, or just mix it in at the end?
Hi Rach
I substitute like for like - ALL sour cream
Think yours should be the same as ours - only works with the full fat one (35% ?)
I heat it the same as I would the cream - was worried it would split when I first did it - but it was fine
Its delicious! I added passionfruit as well ... mmm mmm
Im going to try all these recipes, so if I burts out of my clothes I will know who to blame
just a couple of questions, sorry if its been asked, but I just skimmed the responses.
How easy is it to double or triple these recipes?
I saw somewhere that you bake it in a 3" pan with a collar, does it then rises to 4" or do you bake 2 layers for one cake?
Assuming you only bake one layer and tort it, can I bake a 12" thats 4" high in one go, or do I need to bake it in 2 or 3 layers?
Im going to try all these recipes, so if I burts out of my clothes I will know who to blame
just a couple of questions, sorry if its been asked, but I just skimmed the responses.
How easy is it to double or triple these recipes?
I saw somewhere that you bake it in a 3" pan with a collar, does it then rises to 4" or do you bake 2 layers for one cake?
Assuming you only bake one layer and tort it, can I bake a 12" thats 4" high in one go, or do I need to bake it in 2 or 3 layers?
From what I can gather (and I'm generalising here), layering cakes seems to be popular in your part of the world, but is still fairly newish to some other parts. The first time I ever made one was after coming onto this forum and hearing people talk about it. Every time I give someone a layered cake they are surprised it has filling and think I'm very clever, lol! So what I'm trying to say is that most mudcake recipes will not take layering into account, so whichever one you are reading would be assuming you want to end up with one cake, not two layers. Also traditionally cakes are around 3" tall in this neck of the woods, so if you want a 4" cake you'll have to adjust accordingly. Again, the taller cakes are gaining popularity here, but the recipes you're looking at were probably written when 3" non-layered cakes were the way to go.
I moved recently and have yet to be able to find my deeper pans. The deepest I have is about 2" x 8" x 8".
I am going to be making FreckleCakes version and this will be the first mud cake I have made, so I'm not sure how to go about this. Will it be fine to just use this pan, with a reduced baking time? or will it not bake correctly at all? I am assuming that I will need a collar, but how tall will it need to be? How much should I fill the pan?
In order to make the cake taller, I will be layering it. The recipe says its for a deep 22 cm-round pan. I have two pans of the size I mentioned above. Does anyone know if this recipe can be doubled or if it will need to be to fill both pans?
I know this is quite a newbie question, but I'm newer to baking. Any help will be hugely appreciated!
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