The 3 eggs we had in the fridge were used up for breakfast with toast. What I did have in abundance is yogurt. I am nothing if not a good wife to a Tamil Brahmin, making sure his beloved thayir sadam is always just 5 mins away.
The consistency is a bit spongy and denser than cakes with eggs but end result was totally delicious.
Eggless Chocolate Yogurt Cake
Makes about 12 pieces
What I Used:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar (add 1/4 cup more if not using frosting)
1/2 cup plain yogurt / curd
1/4 cup butter
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt if using unsalted butter
How I Made It:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180 C. Grease a medium cake pan and set aside.
2. Sift together flour, salt (if using), cocoa powder and baking powder or just mix well in a bowl until combined well. Mix sugar and butter at room temperature. Beat well until frothy (2-3 mins on an electric mixer, 7-8 mins by hand using a whisk).
3. Once frothy, add yogurt and vanilla. Mix well.
4. Fold in the flour mixture until just combined. The batter will be a bit thick, its supposed to be that way, don’t worry.
5. Transfer batter to the greased tray and bake for 45 mins or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool completely and frost if required.
Easy Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Once I made the cake and tried the first slice, I realised its not sweet enough. I whipped up this frosting very quickly to make it a bit sweeter and it worked well.
Here’s how:
Take a large piece of semi sweet chocolate – about 4 oz – (or use 1/4 cup chocolate chips) and add 1 tbsp butter to it. Melt in the microwave in 30 second intervals until completely melted. Add 1 tbsp icing sugar to this and mix well. If the mixture is too thick, add milk by the teaspoon. I didn’t need to.
PS: If you don’t have a microwave, melt the chocolate and butter in a pan kept over another pan with boiling water. Mix well until chocolate and butter melt completely.
Beautiful cakes!!! I am already drooling over the pics.
How can I make this without chocolate? I mean plain vanilla cake. My husband hates chocolate. The other vanilla sponge cake on your site has lot of oil. I would like to try this with butter than oil. Let me know!
Thanks,
Jyo
if this is the recipe you prefer to follow but minus chocolate, just replace the cocoa powder with same amount of flour. i haven't tried it though so can't guarantee the results.
hai…
i have a couple of doubt regarding the frosting.
a)when u say a large piece of semisweet chocolate can u specify in gms? i'm planning to use dark chocolate that is available as bars in the market. each bar typically weighs a little more than 100gm.
b) do i need to increase the sugar content(since its dark chocolate)??
wish U and your family a very happy Navaratri…also planning to try some of your navaratri sundal recipes for nevidyam.
regards,
valli…
thank you valli! hope you try the navratri recipes.
so for the chocolate, if my memory serves me right, i used 2 squares of 2 oz each. you can add some sugar if the chocolate is dark.
hi,
thanx so much…
planning to do my first cream cake.. keeping my fingers crossed!!!. i'm just two months old in baking.hence the excitment.
btw i've also replied to your earlier response for my "cup to gm conversion" query.
valli.
I wanted to make a yogurt chocolate cake and this one is pretty good! I baked in a mini-muffin tin and topped with a few chocolate chips. The baking time was ten minutes and it came out perfect!