Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:30pm

Ingredients




2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Sift together the flour, cocoa, soda and salt. 2 Cream together the sugar, mayonnaise, water and vanilla. 3 Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; stir until well blended. 4 Pour batter into greased and floured layer cake pans 5 Bake at 350°F. for about 25 minutes.

About


As unpleasant as mayonnaise sounds in a cake, it primarily contains eggs and oil, two key ingredients in cake, which it replaces.