Mississippi Mud Cake

Hands down Mississippi Mud cake is my favorite chocolate cake of my entire lifetime.

I know I know, I say that about all my cakes, but no! Wait! Hear me out!

I acquired this recipe way back when I worked as a pastry chef for a catering company, oh I don’t know, circa 1997?

This recipe was already in play and was a great success.

Once I tried it, I knew why it was their signature cake and it was at every catering event in the entire Princeton New Jersey area.

Super rich, dense chocolate bundt cake that borders on brownie-like.

The deep chocolate is pronounced by the addition of coffee, and the whiskey takes this recipe to a level you have never experienced!

I know what some people are going to ask and that is, “can I leave out the whiskey? And the coffee?”

Well, yes, you can.

But don’t blame me if your experience with this cake is just “Eh”

I really recommend to follow the ingredients as listed, but I get it, some of you don’t do alcohol in any way shape or form.

So you can replace the whiskey with more coffee, and if you don’t do coffee either? Ay ay ay, just use water 🙁

Another question I know I’ll get is, “What can I use instead of bourbon?” Because let’s face it, not everyone has a bottle of Jameson laying around. (Umm, but I do… don’t judge me 😉

Rum, Kahlua or Frangelico are suitable substitutions here, but again I really recommend the whiskey.

Now as you can see I’ve decorated my finished cake with a sugar glaze in the color of fall.

I’m still not sure, as I write this post if I am loving it.

It sort of got to me after a while. Reminds me of the days in the bakery when I would spend hours decorating a wedding cake or special event cake and after half a day I couldn’t stand to look at it anymore.

Maybe (hopefully) I’ll feel differently tomorrow and love the look of this cake.

It’s definitely fall though, and actually once I put it on my old turkey platter with those whiskey truffles and spritz cookies, I started to like it a lot more.

I was wishing it was Thanksgiving tomorrow because well, my dessert platter is ready!

The sugar glaze is optional of course, as the original recipe actually used just ganache

Well anyway like the look or not, you are going to love the moistness of this cake and the fact that it can be stored at room temperature for at least 4 days is a plus in my book when it comes to holiday gatherings and parties where you don’t want to be worrying about your dessert, and refrigeration and all that jazz when you just want to enjoy your family and friends!

I do think this cake gets better after day 1 and it is best served room temperature, however I have stored it in the refrigerator for longer and I have to say I was not hating the cold texture of this cake!

It reminded me a a thick dense fudge brownie!

Ok enough of me gabbing about this cake, just make it!

Mississippi Mud Cake

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

35 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

Generously grease and lightly cocoa powder your 6 cup capacity non stick bundt pan and preheat the oven to 375° F
For the chocolate glaze combine 4 Tbs coconut oil witih 5 Tbs cocoa powder and 1½ Tbs agave, heat stirring constantly over a low heat

For the colored glaze: 2 cups of confectioners sugar with 2-3 Tablespoons of almond milk makes a very pourable glaze (just be sure the cake is 100% cooled before you do it) add color to your liking

Serves: 1 6 cup capacity bundt pan

Ingredients

• Vegan Butter or Coconut Oil 8Tablespoons (113g)
• Vegan Semi Sweet Chocolate 3ounces (85g)
• Unsweetened Applesauce 2 Tablespoons
• Light Brown Sugar ½ cup (105g)
• Granulated Sugar ½ cup (100g)
• Flax Meal 2 Tablespoons (16g)
• Warm Water 5 Tablespoons (75ml)
• Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10ml)
• Whiskey 2 Tablespoons (30ml)
• Strong Brewed Coffee ½ cup (120ml)
• *Or do what I did and use 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules and hot water
• All Purpose Flour 1 cup + 1 Tablespoon (133g)
• Natural Cocoa Powder 3 Tablespoons (30g)
• Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
• Baking Powder ¼ teaspoon
• Salt ¼ teaspoon

Instructions

1. Combine the flax meal with the warm water and let stand to thicken about 10 minutes
2. Melt the vegan butter or coconut oil with the chocolate over a low heat stirring constantly
3. Sift together half of the sugar(s) with the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder
4. In a mixing bowl combine the other half of the sugar(s) with the flax paste, applesauce, vanilla extract, coffee and whiskey, mix well.
5. Add the melted chocolate and butter and mix well.
6. Add the sifted dry ingredients a heaping spoonful at a time while mixing on low until it is all incorporated
7. Pour into the prepared bundt pan and bake in a preheated 375° F oven for 15 minutes then turn the oven temperature down to 350°F for another 20 minutes
8. The cake will rise a lot and then fall slightly as it nears the end of bake time and when you insert a a toothpick into the center it will come out clean, you will know it's done
9. Cool completely and then ice with sugar glaze as I mentioned in the above text.

Notes

Mud cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 5 days in an airtight container.

For longer storage refrigerate for up to 10 days wrapped well or freeze (un-iced) for up to 2 months

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First it wouldn’t come out of the pan because #1 Bundt pans are impossible and #2 I was lazy and didn’t make a batch of my Professional Bakery Pan Grease which ensures I will have a great release every time, and I used coconut oil spray instead. Dumb dumb dumb.

That was completely my fault and then on the second attempt my math was off and I had a major explosion in the oven.

So after cleaning the entire oven and a third attempt, I got it right.

But I always try to make my failures into successes and with my stupid stuck broken cake, the Whiskey Mud Ball was born!

A perfect way to fill up the center of my bundt cake and the presentation just went from ‘Wow!” to “WHOA!!!!”

Of course I’m hoping you won’t have a major fail like me, but that also means you won’t have any whiskey balls to fill up your center! LOL

So if you want to make the bourbon balls anyway, here is the recipe!

Use any chocolate cake of your choice, or just make this Mississippi Mud Cake again

Whiskey Mud Balls

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

If you are not a fan of whiskey balls (LOL) or you want to make this kid friendly, just make traditional cake pops (stick optional) and use a half recipe of buttercream or vegan cream cheese icing instead

Serves: 3 dz Balls

Ingredients

• 1 destroyed cake that didn't come out of the pan! 🙁
• *I used mine which was from a 6-cup capacity bundt pan and about ¾ of it was salvageable
• Whiskey or Rum 2-3 tablespoons or to taste
• Vegan White Chocolate 8 ounces (226g)

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, break up the destroyed cake more than it already is!
2. Add the alcohol while mixing to form a "dough" like consistency that is firm and scoop-able but not super liquid and falling apart. You may have to adjust the amount of alcohol you are adding to get a good consistency. Traditional rum balls are not wet, but dense like a fudge brownie
3. Scoop them into balls and then roll the balls to form a nicer round shape.
4. Dip them in melted Vegan White Chocolate

Notes

Whiskey balls can be stored at room temperature for up to 1 week

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