Dark Chocolate Cake with Double Fudge Icing
"This is a foolproof moist chocolate cake. Remember mayonnaise is just eggs and oil. Great recipe from Sally Pasley's Tao of Cooking cookbook."
photo by DoubletheGarlic
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 layer cake
ingredients
- 236.59 ml mayonnaise
- 236.59 ml water
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 118.29 ml cocoa
- 532.32 ml flour
- 0.25 ml salt
- 7.39 ml baking soda
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Icing
- 295.73 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml heavy cream
- 5 unsweetened chocolate squares
- 113.39 g unsalted butter, broken into pieces
- 4.92 ml vanilla
directions
- Cake: Mix mayonnaise, water, sugar and vanilla together until well blended.
- Sift cocoa, flour salt and baking soda together.
- Stir into liquid ingredients and mix just until blended.
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured sandwich cake tins[8-9 inch size].
- Bake in a preheated 375 deg F oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool and then ice.
- Icing: Bring sugar and cream to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir occasinaly to stop cream from boiling over.
- Remove from heat.
- Finely chop or grate the chocolate.
- Sir into the cream until completely melted.
- Stir in butter and vanilla.
- Once butter is melted, refrigerate icing until cold.
- Once cold beat the icing with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until thick and of a good spreading consistency.
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Reviews
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I only made the icing on this cake. I'll definitely be making it again...just with less sugar as it was a bit too sweet for us. I think it'd would probably also taste good made with brown sugar. It's a lovely way to make a standard chocolate cake special! -
Just made the icing -- it is fantastic and easy to work with. I agree with Wondermima -- it has a gorgeously TRUFFLE taste. Wow. -
This cake is the only chocolate cake I make now! Soooo good. I haven't made the icing yet, but I LOVE stovetop icing!!! -
The cake for this was good- not great and seemed a little dry. BUT the frosting is THE BEST fudge frosting, it was like eating truffles. YUM
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What a delicious cake! I needed a chocolate cake quickly and had no eggs...this was the PERFECT recipe and the moistness of the cake was amazing. I will try the frosting next time because I had a white frosting request and I made a vanilla buttercream frosting to top this delicacy off! Thanks for sharing a wonderful cake!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Missy Wombat
Australia
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