Light & fluffy chocolate mocha cake

Light & fluffy chocolate mocha cake

Have your cake and eat it, with this beautifully decadent low-fat chocolate cake

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Plus chilling

Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly butter and line the bases of 2 x 18cm sandwich tins with baking paper. Whisk the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 mins with a tabletop mixer or 10 mins using an electric hand whisk. The mixture will have increased greatly in volume and be thick enough to leave a trail on the surface when the whisk blades are lifted.
  2. Sift the flour, cornflour, cocoa and baking powder over the surface and fold in gently using a large metal spoon. Divide between the tins, gently spreading the mixture to the edges, then bake for 15-20 mins until the cakes are well risen, have begun to shrink away from the sides of the tins and spring back when gently pressed. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 mins, then turn out onto a rack.
  3. To decorate, microwave the chocolate and coffee together on Medium for 20-30 secs until the chocolate has melted. Gently stir until smooth, then cool slightly. Beat the soft cheese with the yogurt and icing sugar until smooth, then spoon half the mixture into a small bowl stir in the melted chocolate and set aside. Place one cake on a serving plate and spread with the yogurt mixture. Cover with the other cake, then spread the chocolate yogurt mixture over the top.
  4. To finish, microwave the 15g chocolate on Medium for about 20 secs until melted. Stir gently until smooth, then drizzle all over the cake.

180 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, sugar 18g, salt 0.33 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010.

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  • Binder photo DNA

    31 March 2010

    DNA commented on this recipe

    We were rather interested in making this cake one time. However, since there are so many low scores for it we havn't made it yet. It would be nice to know why this cake is so bad if anyone cares to share their experiences of attempting to make it

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  • Binder photo Isobel

    31 March 2010

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    I rated this as one star a few weeks ago, but was unable to post a comment until today! We made this with high hopes. The cake baked beautifully, smelt chocolatey and came together easily. However, it was NOT nice to eat! The filling was too acid from the yoghurt and cream cheese, which is fine for a sweet carrot cake but not chocolate, and the icing was bitter - even with more sugar than in the recipe. The sponge itself was utterly tasteless. We'd rather have a "proper" chocolate cake, but less often, than "have our cake and eat it" with this one - which didn't work anyway, as we couldn't bring ourselves to eat it! Hugely disappointing.

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  • Binder photo FrannyAnnie

    31 March 2010

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    Totally agree with Isobel! The sponge was totally tasteless and felt almost plastic in your mouth. I made it for my Dad's birthday and was so disappointed I came back to post a comment, but the site wouldn't allow comments at that time. Still really disappointed so made the effort to come back and post this comment! I'm trying the chocolate brownies next - let's hope they fare a bit better!

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    02 April 2010

    DNA commented on this recipe

    Thanks for the comments (should have added I kinda knew about comments being unavailable for the time) it is nice to know why recipes on here are getting such low ratings & it was a real problem not to be able to see comments when experiences are important to know what to try & what not to. Thanks again for that

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  • Binder photo Belkey

    06 April 2010

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

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    I agree - a big disappointment! I also had high hopes as the batter looked good and it baked well, but was rather like eating a bath sponge.

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    13 April 2010

    ncsh commented on this recipe

    i made this and come back to comment too. complete rubbish and a total waste of time and ingredients. i can make cakes very well normally and this didnt rise, and came out of the oven looking like 2 frisbees. the icing didnt save it either as it was far far too runny. like someone has already said i would rather make a 'full fat' cake and eat less of it. i tipped it into the bin.

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    02 May 2010

    CathT commented on this recipe

    I have just tried to make this cake twice, used the exact ingredients, followed the instructions given and each time it came out totally flat just like a frisbee. On the second attempt, I tried putting the mixture into just one baking tin hoping that it would rise and I could have cut this in two. This didn't work either; if I had cut into two it still looked like two frisbees. Can only assume that I had either mixed the sugar and eggs too long or not long enough but I have never had a cake turn out like this before. I was most disappointed and didn't even bother with the icing as this would have been another waste of time and ingredients.

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    28 May 2010

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    Left the coffee out the second time I made this as it was too bitter. Otherwise I thought it was quite good for a low fat option.

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    03 August 2010

    rhi_100 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I have to disagree with previous comments. I made this back in March, and found it deliscious. It was lovely and light, and I liked that it wasn't as sweet as other chocolate cakes. I found the filling and topping really tasty. I was slightly disapointed that the cakes didn't rise as much as I was expecting (compared to the picture). But apart from that, a really nice low fat alternative!

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    09 September 2010

    Ruth commented on this recipe

    FrannyAnnie- I have never made this cake due to the disappointed comments, but if it is the low fat brownies with mayonnaise (sounds weird but it works) you are thinking of trying, i have made them several times and they are amazing!

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    25 November 2010

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    Used this recipe as we wanted a 'light and fluffy' cake. Very disappointed. It came out the oven flat and tasted literally like a bath sponge. Do not make!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Plus chilling

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • softened butter , for greasing
  • 3 large eggs
  • 85g caster sugar
  • 70g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa
  • ½ tsp baking powder

FOR THE ICING AND FILLING

  • 25g dark chocolate , chopped (don't use 75% chocolate, or the icing will be bitter)
  • 1 tbsp strong black coffee
  • 100g light soft cheese
  • 100g 0% Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar

TO DECORATE

  • 15g dark chocolate , chopped
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180 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, sugar 18g, salt 0.33 g

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