Mud Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g butter
150 g dark chocolate, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 cup hot water
1/3 cup whiskey
4 teaspoons dry instant coffee
1 1/2 cups plain flour (all purpose)
1/4 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 eggs, lightly beaten

Preparation

Grease a 23cm slab pan, line the bottom with paper, grease the paper.
Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, water, whisky and coffee in a double saucepan or a heatproof bowl, stir over hot water until the chocolate is melted and mixture smooth; cool to luke warm.
Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, stir in the sifted flours and cocoa, then the eggs.
it's quite a thin batter, so don't panic!
Pour into the prepared tin and bake in a moderately slow oven for about 1 1/4 hours.
Stand 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
Serve dusted with sifted icing (confectioner's) sugar, and whipped cream if you wish.