Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

Show: Sweet DreamsEpisode: Quirky Creations

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
50 min
Level:
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Yield:
Yield: 10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 50 min
Total:: 1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup real mayonnaise
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
Confectioners' sugar, for garnish
Sweetened whipped cream, for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and mayonnaise until blended. Add the vanilla and blend. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt and add it to the mayonnaise mixture in 3 batches alternating with the buttermilk.

Pour into a greased and floured 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Let cool on a wire rack, dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with whipped cream before serving.

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recipe Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
Jackie Scranton, PA 02-15-2009
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CUT DOWN ON CALORIES, USING LIGHT MAYONNAISE
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this cake for a friend of mine and she loves mayonnaise cake. This was the only recipe I could find, instead of... regular mayonnaise I only had the light. It came out great, very moist. Instead of using the confectioners sugar I used a basic butter cream icing, and it really worked for me. My friend loved it. Thanks for the great recipe, especially hard to find ones. Read more
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Kristin Manteca, CA 01-09-2009
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The best ever.....
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the best chocolate cake recipe EVER, putting even the most popular box mixes to shame. I ended up making cupcakes... with store-bought vanilla icing and they're now my new guilty pleasure :)Read more
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David Phoenix, AZ 12-09-2008
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Mayonnaise cake
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The recipe my mom gave me is a little different than this one . My dad din't care for mayonnaise. But he always use Miracle... Whip on his sandwiches. So mom would use that in the mayo cake. she also left out the salt but increased the soda to 2tsp. and she used all purpose flour and a cup of warm water in place of the butter milk. I always use a 13x9cake pan it lets it spread out more so there is more icing to cake. I have tried to use an electric mixer on this cake but it seems to come out better if it is mixed by hand. My mom always said your mixing in the love. Read more
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Anonymous 03-22-2008
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Don't Overbeat
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This cake is marvelous; my mother made this when I was a child in the 30's. It is very moist and if you find it dry it is... more than likely you over beat. Just beat the batter until the ingredients are incorporated; don't beat it to death or the result will be a dry cake.Read more
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Anne phoenix, AZ 01-14-2008
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Cake by itself- 3 Stars, Made as Below 5+
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I wasn't that impressed with the flavor of the cake, not chocolatey enough in my opinion. It is very moist and easy to make... and I thought it had potential. Sooooo. I made Bobby Flay's peanut butter filling and topped them with his chocolate ganache. These things FLEW out of the house. If I made the cake again, I would toss in some mini-morsels to pump up the flavor. But I have found my cupcake recipe!Read more
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tammy galesburg, IL 08-01-2007
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yummy for my tummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

my granny used to make this for when i was child.