Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder (I use bournville)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Brown Sugar Icing
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup tightly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons cream
- 1 3/4 cups icing sugar, sifted
- In a large bowl sift together the flour,,cocoa powder and baking soda.
- Add sugar.
- Add water,Mayo and vanilla and beat at a medium speed in your food mixer until well combined.
- Pour into a greased 9-inch square or 11x7x2-inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350u0b0F for 30-35 minutes.
- Let cake settle in tin for about 5 minutes before turning out.
- Cool completely.
- Icing ******* Melt butter in a pan on a medium heat,stir in brown sugar,stir until bubbly.
- Remove from heat and stir in Milk.
- Gradually add icing sugar and beat by hand to get a spreading consistency.
- Then ice cake.
- For this cake don't substitute low-fat mayo for regular.
flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, water, mayonnaise, vanilla essence, brown sugar, butter, tightly packed brown sugar, milk, icing sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-mayonnaise-cake-12079 (may not work)