Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

  • Yield: Yield: 10 to 12 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Cook: 50 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

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Let cool on a wire rack, dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with whipped cream before serving.

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Ess Ar

This is the best chocolate cake I’ve ever made. It is super moist and soft. It has just the right amount of sweetness. And the top came out slightly crispy like brownies. I am definitely making this again. 

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