Prep | Cook |Serves
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If you are craving a delicious and easy to make dessert, this chocolate mayonnaise cake is
the perfect choice. The rich chocolate cake layers, intensified with a hint of coffee, are
beautifully complemented by a smooth and luxurious chocolate frosting.
Don’t be put off by the mayonnaise-it’s surprisingly adds incredible tenderness and moisture
to the cake without affecting its flavor. This decadently rich cake is perfect for birthday or
even a random Tuesday, sure to impress everyone who tastes it.
Discover how to make a chocolate mayonnaise cake and surprise everyone with the secret
to its moist and fluffy texture.
Why Add Mayo To Chocolate Cake?
Thought it may seem unusual to include mayonnaise in a chocolate cake recipe, it’s
essentially a combination of oil and eggs-common ingredients in many dessert recipe .
Breaking it down, fat in mayonnaise provides a rich and velvety crumb, the touch of vinegar
enhances the chocolate flavour, and the eggs add a light and airy texture. In short,
mayonnaise elevates a classic chocolate layer cake to new heights. Who know?
Ingredients For Chocolate Mayonnaise
Cake
The addition of mayonnaise keeps the classic chocolate cake layers moist and tender, white
brewed coffee intensifies the flavour. A luscious chocolate frosting completes the cake for
the perfect finish. To make this chocolate mayonnaise cake, you’ll need:
● Hot strong brewed coffee: Enhances the chocolate flavour of the cake while
helping to create a smooth batter.
● Unsweetened cocoa powder: For a deep, chocolate flavour.
● All-purpose flour: Gives the cake its structure
● Baking soda and baking powder: To give the cake its rise. Baking soda is alkaline,
and activates with acidic ingredients like cocoa powder, while baking powder
contains both an acid and a base to give the cake additional lift.
● Kosher salt: Enhance the overall flavour
● Granulated sugar: Sweetens the cake.
● Large eggs: Holds the batter together provides the cake with its structure .
● Mayonnaise: Adds moisture and richness to the cake.
● Vanilla extract: Adds the depth and intensifies the chocolate flavor of the cake.
● Bittersweet chocolate chips: Melted to infuse the frosting with a rich, chocolatey
taste.
● Light Corn syrup: Provide the frosting with a glossy finish and a smooth texture .
● Heavy cream: Adjust the frosting to achieve a spreadable consistency .
● Unsalted butter: Add richness to the frosting .
● Powdered sugar: Thickens and sweetness the frosting .
Ingredients :
● 1 ½ cups hot strong brewed coffee
● 1 cup sweetened cocoa
● 3 cups all-purpose flour
● 2 tsp. Baking soda
● ½ tsp. Baking powder
● ½ tsp., plus ¼ tsp . salt, divided
● 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
● 4 large eggs
● 1 cup mayonnaise
● 2 tsp. Vanilla extract, divided
● 1 ¼ cups bittersweet chocolate chips
● 2 Tbsp. Light corn syrup
● 3 – 4 Tbsp. heavy cream, divided
● ¾ Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
● 4 cups powered sugar, divided
How to make chocolate mayonnaise
cake
Creating a layer cake doesn’t have to be difficult. With only 25 minutes of active preparation,
you’ll have this cake assembled and ready to serve quickly. Detailed instructions are
provided below, but here’s a quick overview to get you started:
● Step 1.
Combine coffee and cocoa: Combine the coffee and cocoa in a bowl,
whisking until smooth. Allow the mixture to sit until it reaches room temperature .
● Step 2. Prepare oven and cake pans:
Set the oven to 350°F. Prepare three 9-inch
round cake pans by greasing and flouring them.
● Step 3. Make cake batter:
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking
powder, and ½ teaspoon salt, In a large bowl, beat the granulated sugar and eggs
until they become light and fluffy. Mix in the mayonnaise and 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla
extract. Gradually add the flour mixture and coffee mixture to the egg mixture ,
alternating between the two and starting and ending with the flour mixture, for a total
of five additions.
● Step 4. Add batter to pans, & cake:
Pour the batter evenly into prepared pans.
Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out
with moist crumbs
● Step 5. Cake layers:
Allow the cake to cool in the pans before inverting them onto
wire racks to cool completely .
● Step 6. Melt chocolate chips:
Microwave to chocolate chips, corn syrup, and 3
tablespoons of cream, stirring every 15 seconds, until smooth. Allow the mixture to
stand at room temperature.
● Step 7. Make frosting :
In a large bowl, beat the batter , the remaining salt, 2 cups
of powered sugar, and the remaining vanilla until smooth. Gradually mix in the
chocolate mixture on low speed. Continue beating, adding the remaining powered
sugar and, if necessary, the remaining cream until you achieve a spreadable
consistency .
● Step 8. Assembled cake:
Position one cake layer on a starving plate. Spread ½ cup
of frosting evenly over the top. Place the second cake layer on top and repeat. Add
the final cake layer and cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining
frosting .
