Caramel Mud Cake

This cake is a twist on the normal dark or white chocolate mud cake, but is just as delicious.

It is really easy to make and requires minimum expertise. 

• 185g butter, chopped coarsely
• 150g white chocolate, chopped coarsely
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup golden syrup
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup self raising flour
• 2 eggs, beaten lightly

1. Preheat oven to moderately slow. Grease and line deep 22 cm round cake pan.
2. Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, golden syrup and milk in medium saucepan; stir over low heat, without boiling, until smooth. Transfer mixture to large bowl; cool for 15 minutes.
3. Whisk in flours, then egg; pour mixture into prepared pan.
4. Bake cake in moderately slow oven about 1 1/2 hours.
5. Stand cake in  pan 10 minutes, then turn onto wire rack, cool.

Serves 12

Storage

Cake will keep for up to 1 week in an airtight container at room temperature.

Source: The Australian Women's Weekly

Fudge

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 teaspoon cocoa (more if you like a darker fudge)
• 6 teaspoon golden syrup
• 1 cup evaporated milk (undiluted)
• 4 teaspoon butter
• pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (any dry fruit will do)

1. Put in deep pan sugar, cocoa , golden syrup, milk and salt. Stir well with wooden spoon and place pan on very small fire. Do not stir before sugar is dissolved, but with the spoon gently move sugar at the bottom of the pan once in a while to prevent burning.
2. When mixture begins to boil, stir, add butter and keep on stirring.
3. Increase flame a little till mixture thickens. When tiny bubbles appear on edge of spoon and at the bottom of pan as you stir, test drops of fudge in a cup of cold water, and if they form soft balls in your fingers, add vanilla and baking powder.
4. Remove pan from fire.After five minutes of cooling beat mixture till it begins to harden. Add walnuts or dried fruits and QUICKLY pour onto greased square tin.
5. When cool, cut into squares.

Makes 12-18 medium sized squares

Tip

After removing from fire, the mixture begins to harden rapidly. Make sure to pour it into the greased pan quickly before it hardens.Then smooth the surface of the mixture.

The cocoa in the recipe can be substituted with Hershey's chocolate syrup.