***Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

By CheeseDiva

My Mom loved mayonnaise cake! Boy! Is this ever retro! But moist and good. The mayo is intended to replace eggs and oil in other recipes.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
• 1 1/3 cups water

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from bestfoods.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and lightly flour two 9-inch round cake pans*; set aside.
In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder; set aside.
In large bowl, with electric mixer at high speed, beat eggs,sugar and vanilla for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise at low speed until blended. Alternately beat in flour mixture with water, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. On wire racks, cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely. Frost, if desired, or sprinkle with confectioners sugar.