Chocolate Mayonnaise Sheet Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 cups flour, unbleached, sifted
• 1/3 cup cocoa, baking
• 3 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise (use a good quality mayo: best foods or hellmann's)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water, cold
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips, semisweet
• 3 tablespoons half-and-half or 3 tablespoons light cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons regular margarine (butter preferred)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 3 in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the mayonnaise and sugar and beat at medium until blended.
• 4 with mixer running, gradually add the cold water and vanilla.
• 5 add dry ingredients to mayonnaise mixture, beating until well blended, about 2 minutes.
• 6 pour batter into buttered 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• 7 bake in 350 degree f oven 40 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 8 cool in cake in pan on rack.
• 9 meanwhile, begin your fluffy chocolate frosting: in a saucepan over medium heat, combine the brown sugar, half and half or light cream, and butter.
• 10 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; let boil 1 minute, then remove from heat.
• 11 stir in the chocolate chips and vanilla.
• 12 beat with an electric mixer at high speed until the consistency is fluffy and is spreadable.
• 13 when cake has cooled, frost it with the fluffy chocolate frosting.
• 14 cut in squares and enjoy! :)