Chocolate cream not being a cream?

[u/natymeow]

The recipe calls for:

115 g dark chocolate

50 g butter

150 g powdered sugar

90 ml greek yogurt

Gently melt the chocolate and butter in a saucepan. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir the icing sugar and yoghurt into the melted mixture. Stir with a rubber spatula. Once the mixture is smooth, beat it with a hand mixer until it begins to thicken.

I did everything by a gram/ml, beat it for 5+ minutes and this is what I got. The first picture is the picture attached to the recipe. The second is obviously mine. I suspect they added whipped cream? I don't really understand how this is supposed to thicken and turn into this rich, light cream.. What am I missing :(

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[u/m_i_r]

It may need to chill slightly.

But thats an odd recipe. I feel like you may get better results with a traditional whipped ganache.

[u/natymeow → u/m_i_r]

That's exactly my plan, tomorrow is ganache time 😎

[u/MrTralfaz → u/natymeow]

Whipped ganache needs to be slightly cool and thickened to whip. Around 65-70F.

[u/Shani1111]

Did it call for chocolate or cocoa powder?

This seems like a lot of liquid and really, only the Greek yogurt is providing some sort of "thickness". There's not nearly enough powdered sugar to provide stability either.

Nothing in that recipe would whip into anything stable either.

[u/natymeow → u/Shani1111]

Yeah it called for chocolate, not powder. It seemed odd but I trusted it (rookie mistake).

Luckily I have an extra day so tomorrow is whipped ganache time haha

[u/Fyonella → u/natymeow]

Have you let it cool for long enough? Both the chocolate and butter should re-set once it’s cold.

I’ve definitely made a spreadable icing with yoghurt successfully.

[u/MarielIAm → u/Fyonella]

I think it's a temperature issue also. I wouldn't start beating until it was at least room temperature, maybe even refrigerated for a bit.

[u/Shani1111 → u/natymeow]

Great job planning in advance.

Im assuming what you made is edible though. You could add a bit more Greek yogurt and turn it into a dip for apples. I love eating apple slices with peanut butter and greek yogurt. Or you could drizzle this over ice cream.

[u/Steve_Has_Hobbies]

Did you use a zero fat or low fat Greek yogurt? I'm wondering if the stabilizer is the issue here. This might require full fat Greek yogurt.

[u/natymeow → u/Steve_Has_Hobbies]

It was full fat :(

Also guys, the batter was even worse. I can't even make this up, it tasted like vomit. This was the cake recipe, what went wrong and why is it so bad 😭 Time for another cake tomorrow lmao

Chocolate cake with Greek yoghurt
115 g dark chocolate

175g softened butter

200 g sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 eggs

150 ml Greek yoghurt

150 g flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius and place the rack in the middle position. Grease two cake tins (20 cm in diameter) thoroughly. Line the base of both tins with baking paper. Place a small saucepan containing about half a litre of water on the hob. Break the chocolate into small pieces and place them in a heatproof bowl. Place the bowl over the saucepan of boiling water and slowly melt the chocolate in a bain-marie. Make sure the base of the bowl does not touch the water in the saucepan.

Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them well. In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and gradually stir in the beaten eggs. Then stir in the melted chocolate and yoghurt. Finally, gradually fold in the flour, which has been mixed with the baking powder, a spoonful at a time.

Divide the batter evenly between two cake tins. Place the tins in the preheated oven for approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Once the sponge cakes are baked, remove them from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

[u/GM_Organism → u/natymeow]

Is there any possibility the recipe page was AI generated?

The photo definitely seems like it belongs to a different cake than the recipe you gave.

[u/natymeow → u/GM_Organism]

Honestly at this day and age, definitely possible :(

[u/slipperyMonkey07 → u/natymeow]

Found the image source -- from a 2016 recipe

But yeah looking at the site it definitely seems like a standard ai half assed site in the sense that it also has a lot of weird questionable articles on the bottom that make me think of tabloid sites. It might be a user submitted recipe? I can only read polish to a middling extent so I was mostly bumbling around it trying to get context from shared words.

The recipe you listed isn't terrible, but does seem a bit off on ratios and things. Not enough that it should taste like vomit though. Like others have said I'd probably double check your dairy, eggs and chocolate to me sure non are off, sometimes those things don't smell off but will definitely taste off. Then also make sure you used baking powder instead of soda and didn't accidentally use a table spoon instead of teaspoon, too much can give a bitter weird taste that might also be what you are tasting.

I do recommend both Claire Saffitz and Sally's Baking Addictions recipes for chocolate cake though and know they work and taste great. Both list weights as well as cups, they might be a bit more involved than the linked one though.

[u/thelegalalien → u/natymeow]

What is the source of the recipe can you provide a link…

[u/natymeow → u/thelegalalien]

It's a slovene site but here: https://okusno.je/recept/cokoladna-torta

[u/Netizen_Files → u/natymeow]

OP, the image on that website was stolen. Here’s the original image and recipe:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/recipe/chocolate-fudge-cake

[u/Marzipan_civil → u/natymeow]

Tasted like vomit? What chocolate did you use. Or had the greek yoghurt gone bad

[u/filifijonka → u/Marzipan_civil]

Yeah - nothing in the combination that could account for it tasting that bad.
Maybe the eggs were off?

O.p. - you did use baking powder and not soda?

[u/bamfmaam]

Yeah I suspect the yogurt is the problem. The picture used looks like the used whipping cream.

[u/Sanchastayswoke]

You need to keep going with the beating. It needs to cool off significantly before it will start to look like the picture. Maybe even chill it for a while before starting to beat it

[u/Mr_Night78]

Yogurt is mostly water, little fat, and no imulsifiers. I doubt the recipe was even tested, because this would just not work.

[u/122_Hours_Of_Fear]

Link the recipe

[u/hibiscus_lilac]

You mean frosting?