Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake - The Country Cook (2024)

This Homemade Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake uses mayo instead of eggs and oil to make it so moist. Topped with a homemade brown sugar frosting!

AN OLD-FASHIONED CAKE RECIPE

This cakeshould never, ever be forgotten or lost to recipe history. It’s an old school recipe that doesn’t require eggs or oil. That’s where the mayonnaise comes in. I mean, that’s what mayonnaise is; eggs and oil. It makes this cake SO incredibly moist. If you need a go-to homemade chocolatecake, this is it! And it is all topped off with the most delicious homemade brown sugar frosting. Perfection!

DO I NEED TO ADD COFFEE TO CHOCOLATE CAKE?

You don’t taste the coffee in this. It just accentuates and deepens the chocolate flavor. I learned that little trick from Ina Garten and it really does work. If you don’t keep coffee around, no worries, just leave it out. You’ll still have a moist and yummy chocolate cake!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

• all-purpose flour
• sugar
• unsweetened baking cocoa
• baking soda
• water
• mayonnaise
• vanilla extract
• brewed coffee
• brown sugar
• butter
• milk
• powdered sugar

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE:

Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spray a 9×9-inch square pan with nonstick baking spray. I like the kind of nonstick spray that has flour in it. It makes removal so much easier.

In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking cocoa and baking soda.)

In a separate bowl, whisk together water, mayonnaise, vanilla extract and coffee.

You just want to use plain, brewed coffee – no additional milk or sugar added.If you don’t have coffee, just skip this step.

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Now, slowly add the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients.

Stir just until combined. It may be a little lumpy but that’s okay.You don’t want to over-stir (it makes the cake tough.)

Pour into prepared baking dish.Bake for about 30-35 minutes (until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.)

Once the cake is finished, start preparing the frosting.

In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine brown sugar and butter and cook until bubbly.Be sure to whisk constantly so it doesn’t burn.

Take off the heat and stir in the milk. Then gradually add in powdered sugar.

Whisk until smooth.

Now, frost the cake! Note: The cake doesn’t have to be cooled completely to top with this frosting.Work quickly. The frosting hardens fast as it cools.

Slice and serve.

I just sprinkled a few chocolate chips to each serving just to make it pretty.

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Originally published: March 2015
Updated & republished: September 2020