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Chocolate mayonnaise cake
Serves 8
Easy
Total time:
This recipe was submitted by a Good Food member and has not been tested by our team.
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Units:
- 10oz (285g) self-raising flour
- 8oz (225g) sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 7oz (200g) mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 8 fl oz boiling water
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
For the icing
- 2 tsp instant coffee
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 3oz (85g) soft margarine/butter
- 8oz (225g) icing sugarsifted
Method
step 1
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder & mayonaise. This is best done by an electric food mixer to ensure the mixture is throughly mixed.
step 2
Dissolve the cocoa in the boiling water & stir into the mixture along with the essence until throughly blended.
step 3
Place the mixture into a 7 inch greased & lined cake tin.
step 4
Bake at gas mark 4/ 180C/ 350F for 30 - 40 minutes. Test with a skewer.
step 5
Cool in the tin before removing.
step 6
For the icing - dissolve the coffee & cocoa in the hot water.
step 7
Cream together the margarine/butter & icing sugar. Beat in the cocoa liquid.
step 8
Spread over the top & sides.
