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Chocolate: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup + 2 tbl. ice water
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup real mayonnaise


Recipe

Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and soda. Add ice water and vanilla. When mixed thoroughly, fold in mayonnaise. If you're using a mixer, fold the mayonnaise in by hand. Stir just til mixed; do not overbeat. Pour into a greased and floured (or Baker's Joy'ed) 13x9x2 pan and bake 30 minutes at 350�F. Cake is done when it starts to pull away from the sides of the pan and the top starts to crack; you can also use a toothpick test; do not overcook. Cool five minutes before removing from the pan.

BUTTER FROSTING:
1/2 stick butter
1 lb powdered sugar
(dash salt)
1/2 cup cocoa (optional)
2 tbsp (+) milk
1 tsp (+) vanilla

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.