Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake #3
INGREDIENTS:
2 c Flour
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Cocoa
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Ice water plus
2 tb Ice water; about
2 ts Real vanilla extract; or
-more
1 c Real mayonnaise
2 c Flour
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Cocoa
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Ice water plus
2 tb Ice water; about
2 ts Real vanilla extract; or
-more
1 c Real mayonnaise
HOMEMADE BUTTER FROSTING 1/2 Stick butter 1 lb Powdered sugar 1 ds Salt 1/2 c Cocoa (optional) 2 tb Milk; or more, as necessart 1 ts Vanilla; or more
Frost with canned frosting or homemade butter frosting: Cream butter, 1/2 sugar, and salt. Add cocoa and 1 tbsp milk. Cream. Add sugar and milk til the consistency is right and then beat at mixer's highest speed. Frost cake immediately.
Note: This is a traditional family recipe. I think my grandma got it off of a Hellman's label forty years ago. It is very dark, very rich, and requires *lots* of milk and/or ice cream to wash it down.
It is a fragile cake, and so doesn't lend well to layers (it's possible, but you must be very careful). We usually make it in a 9x13x2 pan and frost it in the pan so that it's easy to transport to family gatherings.
It is also a very easy cake; you can make it in one bowl with a wooden spoon. Be sure to use real mayonnaise (not light) and cold water so that the mayonnaise doesn't separate. The mayonnaise is the shortening and the eggs.
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Frost with canned frosting or homemade butter frosting: Cream butter, 1/2 sugar, and salt. Add cocoa and 1 tbsp milk. Cream. Add sugar and milk til the consistency is right and then beat at mixer's highest speed. Frost cake immediately.
Note: This is a traditional family recipe. I think my grandma got it off of a Hellman's label forty years ago. It is very dark, very rich, and requires *lots* of milk and/or ice cream to wash it down.
It is a fragile cake, and so doesn't lend well to layers (it's possible, but you must be very careful). We usually make it in a 9x13x2 pan and frost it in the pan so that it's easy to transport to family gatherings.
It is also a very easy cake; you can make it in one bowl with a wooden spoon. Be sure to use real mayonnaise (not light) and cold water so that the mayonnaise doesn't separate. The mayonnaise is the shortening and the eggs.
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