CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield Yield: 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup sugar
1 cup real mayonnaise
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
Confectioners' sugar, for garnish
Sweetened whipped cream, for garnish

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and mayonnaise until blended. Add the vanilla and blend. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt and add it to the mayonnaise mixture in 3 batches alternating with the buttermilk.
Pour into a greased and floured 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack, dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with whipped cream before serving.