chocolate cake.

sifting through our pantry i discovered a jar of mayonnaise with a 'use by' date of three days away. i'm not one to use food after the suggested 'use by' date so set to work finding something to do with all that mayonnaise. further sifting - this time on pinterest - awarded a very possible option, an option i responded with, "and why not?!" and so i did. i used the mayonnaise to make a chocolate cake. seriously.

while it doesn't happen often, making an outrageously rich dessert, when it does you just need to go with it and enjoy. such was the case concerning this cake. i made this recipe twice in a two-day span, the first as a half recipe to ensure goodness and that i wasn't wasting my time or groceries. goodness ensured and worthy of ingredients, i made it a second time, producing a luscious, decadent, heavenly sweet - showcased on a pedestal and delivered safely thirty-miles north for our after church communion potluck sunday whereby it was consumed in quick order. yUm.  

{mayonnaise chocolate cake}

4 cups flour

2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

4 teaspoons baking soda

2 cups mayonnaise

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups water

* oven 350

* grease cake pans (2-9") and dust

with additional cocoa powder (not flour)

* in large bowl put dry ingredients and which

to remove any lumps

* in mixer put wet ingredients mix until smooth

* add the dry to the wet. slowly.

* do NOT overmix .. you want a light moist cake

and overmixing produces a dense heavy cake

* divide batter into 2 pans.

* bake 30  minutes or until tester is clean

* remove from oven and put on wire rack

* after 15 minutes remove from pans

* cool completely before frosting

{chocolate frosting}

1 cup unsalted butter (melted)

1 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

5 cups powdered sugar

~ 1/2 cup milk (as needed)

* with cocoa in your mixing bowl add the melted butter

and combine until very smooth

* add the remaining ingredients and mix 2-3 minutes.

* frost as usual .. i used a jumbo tip for the decoration

spaceships and laserbeams

receives all credit for this most

amazing cake. and it sure is.

amazing.

hope you enjoy.