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January 16, 2014

Mocha Cake

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A Pinoy version of a delicious mocha cake with cream frosting. This mocha recipe is somehow a little tedious unlike other cakes that you just have to toss in all the ingredients to a mixing bowl. The extra work will produce a nice and a very delicious mocha cake.

 

Mocha Cake

How to Make Mocha Cake

Manny
A Pinoy version of a delicious mocha cake with cream frosting.
4.89 from 18 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Cake Recipe
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 6 servings
Calories 234 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 tsp. fine iodized salt
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 3 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 Tbsp. instant coffee
  • 2 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1/2 cup salad oil
  • 3/4 cup hot water
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 8 egg whites
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar

Mocha Frosting ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter cut into big chunks
  • 1 Tbsp. instant coffee
  • 1 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 cup whipping cream chilled
  • 1 cup powdered sugar sifted

Instructions
 

How to make Mocha Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 °F. Grease and flour 8 -inch round baking pans and 3 inch in height. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, 1 cup of the sugar, baking powder, cocoa and coffee. Make a well in the center, and pour in oil and hot water.
  • Using electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat mixture at medium-low speed for 3 minutes. Continue mixing at the same speed, add egg yolks one at a time, blending well after each addition, until thoroughly mixed. Set aside.
  • In another medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with wire beater attachment of electric mixer at medium high speed until frothy. Add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in four additions, beating until mixture is stiff and glossy.
  • With rubber spatula, gently fold one fourth of beaten egg whites into batter, scrapping bottom of bowl, until lightly blended. Gently fold about 1 cup of batter into beaten egg white mixture. Repeat until all the batter has been blended into egg white mixture. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
  • Bake for 20 to 35 minutes, then remove from oven and cool on wire rack. Fill and frost with coffee cream frosting and refrigerate.

How to make Mocha Icing:

  • In a small mixing bowl of the electric mixer, beat butter with paddle attachment at low-medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Add instant coffee, cocoa and beat for 1 minute. Add cream, a tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is light and fluffy. add powdered sugar in four additions, beating well after each additions, until mixture is smooth.
Keyword mocha cake

 

Mocha Cake

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Filed Under: Dessert Recipes Tagged With: cake, mocha

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Comments

  1. zyrus aran says

    June 25, 2011 at 7:09 am

    it so very awesome delicious mocha cake

    Reply
  2. Prima says

    May 16, 2014 at 4:51 am

    I have made this many times and it is always a crowed pleaser. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe! Now i don’t need to dream about the heavenly taste of that Goldilocks mocha cake…Because i can now make it and i can make it more coffier too if I want to. 🙂 mmmnnn love my coffee. Cheers!

    Reply
  3. Linda M says

    February 26, 2016 at 2:53 pm

    I made your Mocha Cake, there must be typo error on the baking time. It said 15 minutes and of course my cake was a disaster. Can you please help…email me the right baking time. It will be highly appreciated. Thank you.

    Reply
    • admin says

      February 27, 2016 at 4:32 am

      Hi Linda,

      Sorry for that typo. Please try 20 to 35 minutes.

      Reply
  4. Amya says

    June 28, 2017 at 2:56 am

    Hello po! Can I steam this po ba?

    Reply
    • admin says

      June 29, 2017 at 8:50 am

      5 stars
      Hi Amya, it can’t be steamed. You have to bake it in an oven.

      Reply
      • Amya says

        June 30, 2017 at 3:21 am

        Oh,okay then. Thanks tho!

        Reply
  5. Lj says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:23 am

    Can I use vegetable or any kind of oil instead of salad oil??

    Reply
    • Lisa Smith says

      November 19, 2020 at 12:04 pm

      When putting the instant coffee in the frosting, is it prepared instant coffee or just the coffee grounds?

      Reply
  6. Roxanne Paderna says

    March 9, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for this easy to follow recipe. It was a success! all of the people who tried this on my 1st attempt loved it! Keep it up!

    Reply
    • admin says

      March 10, 2018 at 6:41 am

      5 stars
      Hi Roxanne, thanks for sharing your cooking experience!

      Reply
  7. Diana says

    August 19, 2018 at 7:53 am

    What temperature in °C and mins would you recommend for a fan forced oven? I tried 30-40 mins at 180°C but the centre was still not cooked through.

    Reply
    • admin says

      August 21, 2018 at 11:12 am

      5 stars
      Hi Diana, I think you need to extend the cooking time until the center is cooked.

      Reply
  8. Reyzie says

    November 25, 2018 at 7:13 am

    Hi can it be done in cupcake too?

    Reply
    • admin says

      November 29, 2018 at 2:54 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Reyzie, yes I think it can be done.

      Reply
  9. Syra says

    May 2, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    Hi just a quick question.
    Just wanna know what kind of flour you use? Cake flour or all purpose flour? Thank you so much! Looking forward for your reply. God bless. ☺

    Reply
    • admin says

      May 5, 2019 at 9:41 am

      5 stars
      Hi Syra, you can use either cake flour or all-purpose flour.

      Reply
  10. G says

    August 26, 2019 at 4:03 am

    Can I use espresso powder for the frosting?

    Reply
    • admin says

      September 3, 2019 at 2:59 pm

      5 stars
      Hi G, I think you can use espresso powder

      Reply
  11. Kate says

    April 8, 2020 at 12:50 am

    Can i use vegetable oil?

    Reply
    • admin says

      April 9, 2020 at 3:14 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Kate, yes I think you can use vegetable oil.

      Reply
    • Nina says

      July 28, 2020 at 6:49 am

      Hi, for the sifted flour, do you sift the flour before or after you measure?

      Reply
      • admin says

        August 1, 2020 at 7:09 am

        Hi Nina, you sift the flour after you measure.

        Reply
  12. Eppie says

    May 11, 2020 at 7:06 pm

    Hello,

    Can I use hand mixer instead of stand mixer?

    Thank you

    Reply
    • admin says

      May 13, 2020 at 5:54 am

      Hi Eppie, you can use a hand mixer.

      Reply
  13. Mari says

    June 15, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    5 stars
    Hi. Wondering if this is a 2 or 3 layer cake? Thank you.

    Reply
    • admin says

      June 19, 2020 at 10:09 am

      5 stars
      It’s up to you. You can make it 2 layer but I’m not sure if the icing is enough for 3 layer cake.

      Reply
  14. M says

    June 24, 2020 at 8:30 pm

    Hello. What is whipped cream? I that heavy cream that has been whipped? Or is it like cool whip? … sorry if my question sounds kinda silly. Thank you.

    Reply
    • admin says

      June 30, 2020 at 2:53 pm

      4 stars
      Hi M, You can find the whipped cream recipe on Google.

      Reply
  15. Aelix says

    July 6, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    hi, i made this cake and it kinda failed since di po sha nag rise since wala pong baking soda sa ingredients list. what seems to be the problem po ba?

    Reply
    • admin says

      July 11, 2020 at 8:40 am

      5 stars
      May baking powder naman sa ingredient list. Siguro depende sa klase ng baking powder. Gamitin nyo yung Calumet double acting baking powder.

      Reply
  16. Hanisha says

    September 13, 2020 at 5:36 am

    Hello what to use in substitute of egg and cream of tartar?please guide me

    Reply
    • admin says

      September 14, 2020 at 11:56 am

      5 stars
      Hello hanisha, I’m sorry can’t think of any substitute.

      Reply
    • sai says

      April 14, 2021 at 2:59 pm

      4 stars
      Hanisha you can use lemon juice to substitute, or vinegar. I use lemon juice all the time, and I also used it for this recipe. It works great. I’ve used vinegar also in the past for a merengue and that worked great as well. I just used the same amount as the cream of tartar that you would need. Hope this helps

      Reply
  17. Lilet says

    November 13, 2020 at 8:50 pm

    Hi. Can I use two 6×2 pans for this recipe? Thanks

    Reply
  18. Dheej says

    February 1, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    Hi! I made this last night. The cake batter was good but for some reason my mocha frosting split. I made it 2 times and both times they split. I followed the recipe carefully. The whipping cream did not seem to mix with the butter-cocoa-coffee mixture.. and it split more after the addition of powdered sugar. Should I have whipped my cream first before combining with the butter mixture? What do you think happened? Thank you.

    Reply
    • admin says

      February 7, 2021 at 4:06 pm

      5 stars
      Yes I think you need to whip the whip cream again because it might have curdled.

      Reply
      • Elisa says

        November 14, 2021 at 5:15 pm

        This happened to me too. I didn’t see in the instructions that the whipping cream should be whipped first. Now I know.

        Reply
    • Arianna says

      December 28, 2021 at 8:52 am

      My frosting curdled so badly too, I thought there was no way to fix it anymore. But I searched online how to fix curdled buttercream, and found that the reason the frosting curdled was the butter was too cold. To fix it, I just had to put the bowl in a hot water bath for a little bit to bring up the temperature of the butter. After I tried to whip it again, it formed the perfect frosting!

      Reply
  19. Tenn says

    April 13, 2021 at 2:40 am

    Is the resulting cake a very light and soft chiffon cake? My friend just made one using a “Goldilocks recipe” but it turned out that the cake was not as light and chiffon-y as another “perfect” one I buy from a Filipino who makes excellent mocha and buko pandan cake.

    Reply
  20. Angel says

    April 25, 2021 at 1:04 am

    How many cake pans do you need?

    Reply
    • admin says

      May 23, 2021 at 7:31 am

      5 stars
      Hi Angel, you only need one cake pan.

      Reply

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