White chocolate honeycomb mud cake

I’m not a great cake maker but this turns out beautifully and is not difficult. It doesn’t take long to prepare but has a long cooking and cooling time so is good to make the day before you need it.

Ingredients (serves 15)

250g chopped butter
180g white chocolate melts (or bits or chopped white choc)
1 cup milk (I use lite)
1 & 3/4 cups caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence (or extract if you have it)
2 lightly beaten eggs
1 & 3/4 cups sifted plain flour
1/2 cup sifted self raising flour
100g chocolate coated honeycomb
FOR THE GANACHE:
180g white chocolate melts (or bits or chopped)
1/3 cup thickened cream

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced. Grease a 22cm (base) 6 cm deep round cake pan. Line base and side with 2 layers of baking paper (very important to use 2 layers!). Place butter, white chocolate, milk, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until smooth. Set aside for 25 minutes to cool. (Very important to cool for this long or ganache won't thicken!)
Whisk the eggs and flours into the chocolate mixture. Fold in half of the honeycomb. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours or until browned and a skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out with crumbs clinging (cover cake loosely with foil if over-browning during baking). Cool in pan. (It may take a little longer depending on your oven but remember you want it to be a moist, mud cake consistency! Gently remove from pan when the cake is completely cool.
Ganache: Place white chocolate and cream in a microwave-safe bowl or jug. Microwave on high (100%) for 30 minutes, stir with a metal spoon, then microwave again for another 30 seconds, or until smooth. Set aside for 15 minutes to cool. Whisk ganache gently to thicken. Spread over COOL cake top. Sprinkle with remaining honeycomb. Enjoy :)

38 Comments

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:40 pm
Yes please! Yum!

- - Some_Toss said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    8:11 pm
Wow! Awestruck! Thank you so much for sharing! This looks wonderful! I can’t wait to try it! 😀

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    4:04 pm
This looks so rich and sweet but I am guessing it is utterly scrumptious!

- - Nas01 said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    1:26 am
This looks so good!!

- - Lori-Anne said
  - 08 Apr 2016
    10:09 am
So definitely making this cake for my birthday coming up. I love white chocolate and I love honeycomb. Perfection in a cake.

- - cherz said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    8:32 pm
Oh my this looks and sounds amazingly decadent.
Thanks for sharing 🙂

- - serotonin said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    10:14 am
Holy deliciousness! Wow, this looks scrumptious. Wouldn’t last long at my place, and I might even share with my kids, haha! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    12:42 am
Love honeycomb , so this is my weak point. Looking to getting this for the party this weekend.

- - Threelos said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    9:10 pm
My son saw this photo and has ordered this for his next birthday cake!!

- - mom93821 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    7:12 pm
Lovely – thanks for the honeycomb cake – looks so delicious.

- - mom107723 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    5:51 pm
Birthday times will be so much fun

- - curlytops said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    3:39 pm
I saw the name and now i want to try it!

- - mom90758 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    2:03 pm
It looks good. Maybe not for people trying to lose weight though! 😉
Thank you for sharing!! 🙂
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 Apr 2016 , 6:49 am
  Maybe just a little piece! 🙂
- - mom62624 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    5:20 am
This white chocolate honeycomb mud cake sounds perfect for everyone to enjoy and is a recipe the family will love, thanks for sharing!.

- - Kymichelle said
  - 05 Apr 2016
    3:49 pm
* I posted this and forgot to say the honeycomb should be chopped before putting through the cake batter.

- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Apr 2016
    3:06 pm
A lovely recipe the young and older ones will love! Thanks.