Mocha Cake with Fluffy Meringue Topping

Name: Mocha Cake with Fluffy Meringue Topping
Total time: 1 h 38 min
Yield: Serves 16 (serving size: 1 piece)
Ingredients: Cake:; 9 ounces unbleached all-purpose flour (about 2 cups); 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup packed dark brown sugar; ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa; 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda; 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup canola mayonnaise (such as Hellmann's); 3 tablespoons canola oil; 1 cup hot strong brewed coffee; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; ⅓ cup semisweet chocolate chips; Cooking spray; Topping:; 9 tablespoons sugar; ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 6 large egg whites; ⅓ cup light chocolate syrup

7 Ratings
5 Reviews

A luscious cake perfect for wowing a crowd.Since 2006, readers have professed their love for contest winner Anna Ginsberg's One-Bowl Chocolate Mocha Cream Cake, touting it as the moistest cake ever. We agree--the cake is incredible. But online reviews suggested that the topping could use some tweaking. Instead of the original "mocha cream" of whipped topping, marshmallow creme, and coffee, we now have a creamy, less-sweet meringue. We also replaced reduced-fat mayonnaise (yes, mayo--it's the secret ingredient that makes for a fantastically moist cake) with canola mayo, our current product of choice.

By Deb Wise

Recipe by Cooking Light October 2013

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Credit: Raymond Hom; Styling: Pamela Duncan Silver

Recipe Summary

hands-on:

23 mins

total:

1 hr 38 mins

Yield:

Serves 16 (serving size: 1 piece)

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°.

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Step 2
To prepare cake, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (through 1/2 teaspoon salt) in a large bowl. Add mayonnaise and oil; beat with a mixer at low speed until well blended. Slowly add brewed coffee and vanilla; beat with a mixer at low speed 1 minute or until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips; pour batter into a 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
Step 3
To prepare meringue, combine 9 tablespoons sugar and next 3 ingredients in the top of a double boiler. Cook over simmering water 2 minutes or until candy thermometer registers 150°, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat. Beat egg mixture with a mixer at medium speed until soft peaks form; beat at high speed until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over cake. Store cake, loosely covered, in refrigerator. Drizzle each serving with 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

289 calories; fat 8.2g; saturated fat 1.2g; mono fat 4.5g; poly fat 2.3g; protein 4g; carbohydrates 52.1g; fiber 1.8g; iron 1.6mg; sodium 412mg; calcium 47mg.

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litha9

01/27/2016

This cake has been around forever, my grandmother used to make "Chocolate mayonnaise cake" and she was born in 1918. The chocolate chips and the "topping" are not original. The original also has cake flour. *I much prefer the orig. recipe. Has a much finer crumb and is very moist. And the chocolate flavor is amazing. The slight twist here is ok. But not as good as the original.

daneanp

02/05/2014

Really good and easy to make, though I didn't bother with the meringue. Instead I used a bit of whipped topping with the syrup as our family isn't big on meringue. They couldn't believe it had mayo in it!

Gettinthere46

01/18/2014

Really good cake, moist, very chocolatey. My kids devoured it. I used Kraft Mayo with olive oil and it turned out fine. If you didn't want to mess with the topping you could just put a dollop of light whipped cream on top.

KathRS

01/12/2014

The pros: cake tasted good The cons: the top of the "cake" (was more like a brownie) separated from the rest, it sunk, the meringue didn't work at all (I halved the recipe, I don't know if that makes a difference...), and the chocolate chips all seemed to sink to the bottom

London1

12/30/2013

This was a very moist, tasty cake. I didn't make the fluffy topping and it was still excellent.

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