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Mammy's
Chocolate
Mayonnaise Cake
"I can still remember how shocked my grandmother was the
day she discovered this recipe in a magazine ad: 'They've
got to be kidding! Mayonnaise in a chocolate cake?!?!?'
She was determined to try it, of course. We all raved about
it
and begged for more.
It soon became a go-to chocolate cake recipe in our family,
right up there with Great Aunt Ruby's Devil's Food Cake.
It is now a beloved recipe in many
a Southern household!
I have the recipe on a 3x5 card in my grandmother's hand--
writing. She didn't bother to specify Hellman's mayo since
that's the brand she always bought..."
2 cups sifted
all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 large eggs
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup mayonnaise
1 1/3 cups cold water
Frosting:
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
Preheat oven to
350 degrees F. Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake
pans; line the bottoms with wax paper. Onto a piece of wax paper sift
the
flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder.
In a large bowl with an
electric mixer on high, beat the eggs, sugar and
vanilla extract for 5
minutes or until fluffy. Reduce the speed to low and
blend in the
mayonnaise.
Using a wooden spoon stir the flour mixture
into the egg mixture, 1/3 at a
time, alternating with the water and begin-
ning and ending with the flour.
Divide the batter evenly between the
pans and bake for 30 minutes or until
a toothpick inserted in the center
comes out with moist crumbs. Cool the
cake in the pan on a rack for
10 minutes. Turn out onto the rack, peel off
the paper, and let stand 5
minutes more.
Frosting: While the cake cools, in a small saucepan stir the
chocolate
chips over moderately low heat until melted. Remove from heat and
stir
in the sour cream and vanilla. Ice the cake between the layers, on the
sides, and
on top with the chocolate frosting, then drizzle the melted
chocolate in a
decorative pattern.
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