Chocolate Mayonnaise cake with Flour frosting

Chocolate Mayonnaise cake with Flour frosting Recipe
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Recipe Rating:
 3 Ratings
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Quick & Easy, For Kids
Keywords: cocoa, mayonnaise
Serves: 10-12
Prep Time:
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Ingredients

2 c all purpose flour
1 c sugar
3-4 Tbsp baking cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 c water
1 c mayonnaise, not salad dressing
1 tsp vanilla
5 Tbsp flour
1 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 c butter or 1/2 c. butter 1/2 c. shortning
1 c granulated sugar
CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE WITH
FLOUR FROSTING
Pinched by canoe1975, and 464 more.
Full Flavored
Kalamazoo, MI (pop. 74,262)
marcialesman
Member Since May 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marcia's Notes:

I got this recipe from my mother in law, It has since been our families favorite cake. I have to make it for every birthday party and Pot luck that we go to. It is very moist and soooooo good.

 

Directions

1
Dump first 7 ingredients into large bowl, beat on high for 3 minutes or until well blended, do not omit mayonnaise and do not substitute salad dressing Pour into greased and floured 9x12 cake pan and bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool
2
While cake is baking , mix the 5 tbs. flour and milk into a pan and stir constantly on med, high until mixture thickens almost into a ball. Take off stove put into large bowl and cover and refrigerate until cold
3
After cake and flour mixture are cool, mix the butter, and or shortning and sugar and vanilla into misture and beat on high with mixture until frosting doesn't taste grainy from sugar. You can also add a little cocoa if you would like chocolate, We like it without and it tastes almost like whipped cream , spread onto cake Hope you enjoy., It is not a real sweet frosting. I usually make a double batch of frosting because my kids like it that way.
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skeen
Stephanie Dodd skeen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 15, 2012
I love this frosting and used to put it on red velvet cakes! Great cake recipe too; thanks for posting!
marcialesman
Marcia Lesman marcialesman
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 15, 2012
yw, I know its been around a long time, but there are a lot of ppl who have never tried it. I hope they do
Jennnay
Joysan Tucker Jennnay
 
 
 
 
Jun 24, 2012
Delicious Mayo cake! I used to use this frosting on all my cakes (when the boys were wee ones) I liked that it wasn't sickly sweet. Who knew flour thickened milk could make such a dreamy frosting!

Don't hesitate to try this one!
JoEllen1946
JoEllen Fortenberry... JoEllen1946
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jun 25, 2012
Marcia, my Grandma Amanda Jane Pevetoe, b. 1894, made this cake! I have never tried it, only ate it! I can't wait. She and my mother also made frosting with flour, as sugar was too precious in Arkansas! Thanks, I will let you know. I remember they only used Best Foods or Hellman's.
Wolfie
Jan Kinney Wolfie
 
 
 
Aug 7, 2012
OMG I am sooo excited... Thank you for posting this recipe! My mother made this sooooo many years ago and I could never find it. The frosting is the BEST!
maschtater
pat masching maschtater
 
 
 
Aug 9, 2012
the frosting is so good, but i made a double batch and i have alot left over, can this frosting be frozen for another time? thinking otherwise i need to make another cake, but i sure appreciate your sharing it, very yummy.thank you
Mia0307
Salli Hernandez Mia0307
 
 
 
 
Sep 19, 2012
I grew up on this cake and my sisiters and I still make it, only we grew up with the miracle whip version. Same recipe but miracle whip instead of mayonnaise. Also, my mother made it in an oblong baking pan and we ate it as a snack cke with no icing...very good! My thoughts on this...if you use miracle whip in your house then use it to make the cake because you probably won't like the mayo taste and vice versa.
IAMMAGGIE
MEG RIVERA IAMMAGGIE
 
 
 
 
Sep 19, 2012
I LOVE THIS FROSTING, EASY & DELICIOUS. WHEN I WAS YOUNG; I MADE THIS FROSTING FOR MANY OF MY CAKES. I ALSO WOULD BAKE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES & INSERT THIS FROSTING INTO THE CENTERS WHEN THE CUP CAKES WERE VERY COOL.
MY CHILDREN & THEIR FRIENDS LOVED THEM.
IAMMAGGIE
MEG RIVERA IAMMAGGIE
 
 
 
 
Sep 19, 2012
SALLI, THANKS FOR THE OPTIION OF USING MIRACLE WHIP.
Marilyn_Viner
Marilyn Viner Marilyn_Viner
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 19, 2012
Thanks for sharing. I'm far from being a Spring chicken but I have never heard of flour icing. I'm anxious to try.
skeen
Stephanie Dodd skeen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 20, 2012
This particular frosting is the original for a Red Velvet cake, Marilyn. Very good and not sickening sweet like many frostings are.
MsMayberry
Sharon Ward MsMayberry
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 20, 2012
Tks for posting this recipe as I too lost mine over the years and wasn't able to find it either! This is the BEST chocolate cake EVER! I don't remember even being able to taste a hint of the mayonaise, and the frosting.... well that's just to die for!! Extreamly light, fluffy, and most of all YUMMMY!! :-)

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