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    Chocolate Mayo Cake w/Choc Sour Cream Fr


    Source of Recipe


    Simple Meals

    List of Ingredients




    Dry Ingredients, sift:
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 1/4 tsps baking soda
    1/4 tsp baking powder


    Wet Ingredients:
    3 large eggs
    1 2/3 cups sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup reduced-calorie mayonnaise
    1 1/3 cups cold water

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour
    two 9-inch cake pans. Line bottom with parchment
    paper. Measure and sift dry ingredients, set aside.

    In a large mixing bowl, on high speed mix eggs,
    sugar and vanilla for 3 minutes or until fluffy. Reduce
    speed to low, blend in mayo. Using a wooden spoon,
    stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture 1/3 at a
    time, alternating with the water and beginning and
    ending with flour.

    Divide batter between the pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until
    toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs. Cook cake
    in pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack, peel off paper
    and let stand 10 more minutes.

    Frosting:
    1 cup semisweet dark chocolate chips
    1/4 cup butter
    1/2 cup sour cream
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/4 tsp salt
    2 1/2 - 2 3/4 cups sifted powdered sugar

    Melt chocolate with butter in top of double boiler
    over hot water. Remove from hot water; stir in sour
    cream, vanilla and salt. Slowly beat in powdered sugar
    until desired spreading consistency is reach. Makes
    enough frosting to frost a 2-layer cake or bundt cake.


 

 

 


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