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     Title: Aunty Bev's Mud Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts
     Yield: 16 servings

   250 g  Butter (9 oz)
    25 g  Cocoa powder (1 oz)
   1/2 c  Water
   400 g  Sugar (14 oz)
   1/2 c  Plain yoghurt
     1 tb Vanilla paste
     1 ts Bicarbonate of soda;
          - dissolved in:
     1 tb Milk
   1/4 ts Salt
     2 lg Eggs
   240 g  Flour (8 oz); sifted

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   130 g  Icing sugar (5 oz)
     4 tb Milk
    60 g  Butter (2 oz)
     2 tb Cocoa powder
    80 g  Desiccated coconut (3 oz)

 Set the oven @ 180 C/355 F.

 Melt together the butter, cocoa powder, water, and sugar in a
 saucepan. Set aside to cool.

 In a mixing bowl, combine the yoghurt, vanilla, bicarb in milk,
 salt, and eggs. Add the cooled butter mixture and mix until well
 combined.

 Add in the flour and mix until well combined.

 Bake in an 30 x 20 cm (8x12") greased ovenproof dish for 20 minutes
 or until cooked through.

 To make the topping, melt together all the ingredients in a saucepan.

 Pour the topping over the baked cake while it is still hot. Serve
 hot or cold.

 Published in Woolworth's Taste Magazine

 Recipe by Tahila Pillay

 RECIPE FROM: https://taste.co.za

 Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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