Mayo Cake
Whip up this rich and moist mayo cake with just a handful of pantry-staple ingredients. Top it off with chocolate frosting for a decadent dessert guaranteed to impress.
Ingredients
Cake
- 4 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups water
Frosting (optional)
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup milk or more, if needed
Instructions
For the Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Take a whisk and whisk the dry ingredients to remove any lumps.
- In a medium bowl, add the mayonnaise, vanilla, and water, and using a whisk, mix together until smooth.
- Slowly add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter between the two prepared pans.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick or cake tester comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Spread icing over the first cake, smoothing out to the edges.
- Place the second cake on top, with the top side up.
- Ice with chocolate frosting.
For the Frosting (optional)
- Place the cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl. Add the melted butter.
- Using a mixer mix until combined and smooth.
- Add the vanilla, powdered sugar, and milk, and mix until smooth, beating for 2-3 minutes.
Notes
Note: You could also use parchment paper to line your cake pans. You can buy pre-cut parchment paper rounds to make lining the round pans easier.
Note: Don’t overmix the batter. It may appear slightly lumpy but that is ok.
Note: It’s important to wait until the cakes are completely cool before icing. The icing will melt if spread on warm cakes.