Chocolate Fudge Mud Cakes

Chocolate Fudge Mud cake

• 3 x 60g Mars bars
• 150g butter, chopped coarsely
• 150g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/4 cup self-raising flour
• 2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease 12-hole muffin pan.
2. Chop 2 Mars bars finely; cut remaining bar into 12 slices.
3. Combine butter, chocolate, sugar and the water in medium saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer to large bowl; cool 10 minutes. Whisk in sifted flours, then eggs and finely chopped Mars bar.
4. Divide mixture into pan holes. bake about 25 minutes. Meanwhile make chocolate fudge frosting. Spread cakes with frosting, top each with a slice of Mars bar.

Chocolate Fudge Frosting

• 50g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
• 25g butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons hot water, approximately

Stir chocolate and butter in heatproof bowl over saucepan of simmering water until smooth (do not allow water to touch base of bowl); stir in sifted icing sugar and cocoa. Stir in enough of the hot water until frosting is spreadable.

Makes 12