Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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
• 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

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl sift together the flour,,cocoa powder and baking soda.
• 2 add sugar.
• 3 add water,mayo and vanilla and beat at a medium speed in your food mixer until well combined.
• 4 pour into a greased 9-inch square or 11x7x2-inch baking pan.
• 5 bake at 350°f for 30-35 minutes.
• 6 let cake settle in tin for about 5 minutes before turning out.
• 7 cool completely.
• 8 icing ******* melt butter in a pan on a medium heat,stir in brown sugar,stir until bubbly.
• 9 remove from heat and stir in milk.
• 10 gradually add icing sugar and beat by hand to get a spreading consistency.
• 11 then ice cake.
• 12 for this cake don't substitute low-fat mayo for regular.