Recipes

Chocolate mayonnaise cake

12 Servings

Desserts

1 h 15 MIN

Prep

30 MIN

Cook

45 MIN

Ingredients

1/4 cup

Cocoa

1 cup

Water

1 tbsp

Vanilla essence

2 cups

Flour

2 tsp

Baking soda

1 cup

Caster sugar

3/4 cup

Heinz [SERIOUSLY] GOOD™ mayonnaise

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Rich chocolate glaze

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Mix the cocoa, hot water and vanilla essence together in a jug. Cool.

Step 2

Sift the flour, baking soda and sugar in a bowl and make a well in the centre.

Step 3

Combine the HEINZ [SERIOUSLY] GOOD™ Mayonnaise with the cocoa mixture and then pour in the well. Mix together gently.

Step 4

Pour into a well greased and lined 20cm round cake tin.

Step 5

Bake for 35-40 minutes until the cake is cooked when tested. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cake rack.

Step 6

When cold, ice with your favourite chocolate icing, or with our Rich Chocolate Glaze, or simply dust with icing sugar to serve.

Step 7

Rich Chocolate Glaze

Step 8

Melt 125g dark chocolate with 1/4, cup cream together in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir to combine, cool a little and then pour over the cake and smooth out.