Rich Moist Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp. bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup Mild and Creamy Mayonnaise
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
- 100g dark chocolate chips
For the icing:
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups icing sugar
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
Method
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- In a medium sized bowl, sieve the dry ingredients, leaving out the chocolate chips, together and set aside.
- Whisk the wet ingredients together, then fold them into the dry ingredients until smooth and no lumps remain. Be sure to not over-mix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and pour the batter into two greased baking tins.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean after inserted into the center of the cake.
- Allow the cake to cool down completely before icing.
For the icing:
- With an electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Slowly add the icing sugar with the mixer on a low speed until complete incorporated.
- Add the cocoa powder, vanilla essence and milk to the icing and turn the speed up, allowing the mixture to beat for 3-5 minutes.
- Remove from the mixer and ice the cake, sandwiching the two layers with icing.
- Slice and serve. Serving Suggestion Frost the cake with a vanilla buttercream for a colour and flavour variance.
Products used:
Mild & Creamy Mayonnaise