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Week 6: The Cookbook Challenge – White Christmas Mud Cakes

Week 6 Theme: Christmas Cookbook Used: Christmas Author: The Australian Women’s Weekly   So it’s Christmas week all around the world. What are your Christmas plans? I’m going to Carols by Candlelight at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Christmas eve with my friends. It’s kind of ironic given that I hate carols, and D-grade...

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Week 6: The Cookbook Challenge – White Christmas Mud Cakes
December 22, 2009
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Week 6: The Cookbook Challenge – White Christmas Mud Cakes

Week 6
Theme: Christmas
Cookbook Used: Christmas
Author: The Australian Women’s Weekly
 

So it’s Christmas week all around the world.
What are your Christmas plans? I’m going to Carols by Candlelight at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Christmas eve with my friends. It’s kind of ironic given that I hate carols, and D-grade celebrities, yet I was the one who rounded everyone up for the event. As a result, I’m missing my mother cook goose for the very first time for the family. Then Christmas day, I’m off to Grandmother’s house for a feast and a half…. followed by many hours on the couch, telling myself I will never eat again.

I had my Christmas lunch for my friends on the weekend and needed a Christmas themed dessert. I had always admired these white Christmas trees on the front cover of the book, so I decided this year I would admire no longer, and bake away!

I sometimes forget to read some parts of the recipe from time to time. The result of this was, I forgot to chop my marshmallows, and because I couldn’t find marshmallows with toasted coconut, I ended up adding 100grams of each… thus resulting in having to add twice as much white chocolate for it all to stick together.

The end result was damn delicious though! Mixing together the white Christmas mixture was like smelling sugar heaven! Whilst it is a rather rich dessert, it’s definitely a hit with the crowds, and I would no hesitate to make it again.

White Christmas Mud Cakes

125g butter, chopped coarsely
125g white eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
2/3 cup (160ml) milk
1/2 cup (35g) self-raising flour
2 eggs
2 tablespoons Cointreau
60g white eating chocolate, melted, extra
1 tablespoon icing sugar

White Christmas
120g white eating chocolate, chopped coarsley
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
3/4 cup (30g) rice bubbles
100g marshmallows with toasted coconut, choppped finely
1/4 cup (35g) coarsely chopped unsalted pistachios
1/4 cup (35g) coarsely chopped dried cranberries
1/2 cup (60g) finely chopped glace peaches (I used glace pineapple)

1. Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced. Grease eight 3/4 cup (180ml) pudding moulds.

2. Stir butter, chocolate, caster sugar and milk in medium saucepan over low heat until smooth. Transfer to medium bowl; cool 10 minutes. Whisk in sifted flours, then eggs. Spoon cake mixture into moulds; place on oven tray.

3. Bake cakes about 30 minutes; drizzle cakes with liqueur. Turn hot cakes, still in their moulds, upside down onto baking paper lined tray; stand overnight.

4. Cut four 20cm circles in half. Roll each half into a tight cone. Staple or tape cones to hold their shape.

5. Make white christmas: stir chocolate and oil in a small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Combine rice bubbles, marshmallow, nuts and fruit in a medium bowl; stir in melted chocolate mixture.’

6. Push spoonfuls of white christmas firmly into cones. Stand each cone upright in a tall narrow glass. Refrigerate cones about 1 hour or until set.

7. Remove cakes from moulds. Trim tops of cakes to make flat; turn upside down onto tray. Remove white christmas cone from paper; secure cones to each cake with a little of the extra chocolate. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Serve mud cakes dusted with sifted icing sugar.

Makes 8.

Voila! Bon Appétit!

Comments

13 comments on “Week 6: The Cookbook Challenge – White Christmas Mud Cakes
  1. penny aka jeroxie

    Cute and creative. More chocolate does not matter to me.

    December 22, 2009 at 7:34 pm
  2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

    Aww how adorable are these? And I think they'd make great place card holders too (edible place card holders are so Donna/Marth don't you think? 😛 )

    December 22, 2009 at 8:12 pm
  3. chitchatchomp@yahoo.com.au

    Wow! These are fantastic. No wonder they were a huge hit at your lunch

    December 22, 2009 at 8:15 pm
  4. Chris

    These were truly amazing and they are just one example of why I shall always kowtow at the feet of IRON CHEF SHELLIE!!! BELISSIMO!

    December 22, 2009 at 8:37 pm
  5. Cherrie Pie

    Dang! These look awesome. Wish I was at yr lunch so I could've enjoyed some.

    December 22, 2009 at 9:13 pm
  6. mademoiselle délicieuse

    I once misread a recipe and wondered why I had an egg left over when I was ready to stick mini cupcakes into the oven! Never mind, because these white Christmas mud cakes are just so cute =)

    December 22, 2009 at 11:51 pm
  7. Conor @ HoldtheBeef

    Oh yes, bring on the couch-ridden Christmas overeater's remorse 😀

    These are like beautiful castles of Christmas cheer. Lovely, m'dear!

    December 23, 2009 at 12:46 am
  8. Jeanne

    WOW!! How tempting do these
    Christmas Mud Cakes Look, Shellie, More white chokkee, I bet no-one complained.
    Motto: The more Chocolate the
    Better. 🙂
    Hugs Jeanne xox

    December 23, 2009 at 6:44 am
  9. Iron Chef Shellie

    Hi Penny – More chocolate matters no one I think 😉

    Hi Lorraine – oooOo I never thought of that! Indeedy!!

    Hi ChitChatChomp – Thanks darling =)

    Hi Chris – awww thanks darling! So glad you could try them!

    Hi Cherry Pie – Awww… thank you

    Hi Mademoiselle Délicieuse – LOL!! oh, it happens to us all!

    Hi Conor – Why thankya ma'lovely 😉

    Hi Jeanne – No one complained about the extra chocolate!!

    December 23, 2009 at 12:14 pm
  10. Agnes

    They are so gorgeous! Hope you have a great Xmas and enjoy the Carols. 🙂

    December 23, 2009 at 9:34 pm
  11. Esz

    They look so cute and delicious! Mmm 😀

    December 24, 2009 at 9:06 am
  12. Rilsta @ My Food Trail

    Hope you had a great Christmas!

    How awesome do the mud cakes look?! Such a cool idea!

    January 4, 2010 at 8:53 am
  13. Fiona

    erm, they look a little… erm.. wrong…

    January 4, 2010 at 8:52 pm
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