Serves: 12, Calories: 342
Ingredients
Cake:
- 170g natural full fat yogurt (Greek). 204
- 150g caster sugar. 600
- 1 tsp vanilla essence. 17
- 135g butter, melted. 1014
- 1 egg (optional - yogurt replaces eggs). 75
- 170g plain flour, sifted. 582
- 40g natural cocoa powder, sifted. 155
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp fine coffee powder
- 60ml milk. 30
Topping:
- 60g butter, softened. 450
- 115g icing sugar, sifted. 460
- 40g Bournville cocoa powder, sifted. 164
- 75ml double Elmlea. 334
- 1 tsp vanilla essence. 17
Method
- Cake: Grease and line 7" cake tin - must be solid, without removable base.
- In stew pot; Boil 1.½" water with large metal cookie cutter (trivet) placed in base.
- In large mixing bowl; Whisk yogurt, sugar and vanilla until sugar dissolves.
- Mix in butter and egg.
- Sift in flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and coffee together. Fold briefly.
- Fold in milk until just combined.
- Pour into cake tin. Cover and seal with foil.
- Place into stew pot, cover with lid, steam over medium heat for 75-80 mins. Top-up water halfway so pot doesn’t boil dry.
- Remove from pot and leave to cool completely before turning out, onto plate.
- Topping: Whisk butter until fluffy.
- Add icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla and cream and whisk to firm peaks.
- Spread over top and sides of cake.
- Store in fridge upto 5 days.
Calories = 4102
- 4102 / 12 = 342
- 4102 / 10 = 410
Description: A moist, bouncy cake with a tender mouth-feel. Its chocolate flavour has a mid-deep roundness, while the frosting is slightly milder with a creamy and fluffy feel.
Flavour Combinations
Chocolate Orange Cake
- Cake: Sub cocoa for more flour, swap vanilla for ½ tsp orange essence.
- Topping: Chocolate ganache as above.
White Mandarin Chocolate Cake
- Cake: Chocolate cake as above.
- Topping: Sub cocoa for more icing, swap vanilla for ½ tsp orange essence, decorate with mandarin segments.
Tip: Don't over-fold cake ingredients or cake will be rubbery.
Tip: Seal foil well - moisture from steam will make cake soggy.
Tip: Oven bake instead; 160°C Fan, 40 mins.
Tip: Use buttermilk instead of yogurt. Same moist butteriness but with coarser crumb.
Tip: Make Chocolate Gooey Glossy Ganache topping instead, ⅓ reduction.