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Get baking this Easter with this Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake

The popular condiment makes for a perfectly decadent cake. - by Chanelle Mansour
  • 12 Apr 2022
Get baking this Easter with this Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake
Prep: 20 Minutes - Cook: 35 Minutes -
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Made from eggs and oil, mayonnaise helps elevate any cake, providing moist deliciousness and offsetting its acidity to create a sweetness that enhances any cake’s flavour. 

Heinz has created a full recipe to showcase exactly how to make this mouth-watering chocolate cake, with mayonnaise as the secret ingredient - sure to be your new favourite.

Related recipe: 3-Ingredient Nutella Fudge Cake

Ingredients

¼ cup cocoa

1 cup water

1 tbsp vanilla essence

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 cup caster sugar

¾ cup Heinz [Seriously] Good™ Mayonnaise

Method

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

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

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

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

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

  6. When cooled, ice with your favourite chocolate icing and easter decorations!

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