Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake

Recipe Ingredients

		Cake
3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	Flour - unbleached, sifted
1/3 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Cocoa - baking
3 teaspoons	15ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Cold water
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Vanilla extract
		Fluffy Chocolate Frosting
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Brown sugar - packed
3 tablespoons	45ml	Half and half or light cream
3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter or regular margarine
1/3 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Chocolate chips - semisweet
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Vanilla extract

Recipe Instructions

Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.

Combine mayonnaise and sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until blended. Gradually beat in cold water and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to mayonnaise mixture, beating until well blended, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.

Bake in preheated 350F. oven 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack. Frost with Fluffy Chocolate Frosting. Cut in squares.

FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine brown sugar, light cream, and butter in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil 1 minute.

Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer at high speed until of a spreading consistency.

NOTE: This recipe is included in this file as it is a classic Chocolate Cake and I have looked for the recipe for years before finding it.

Source:
Iris Dunaway

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