You are about to be let in on a life changing hack! Who would guess, the humble mayonnaise could replace the key ingredients in a cake and turn it into my favorite chocolate cake recipe. Like you, I have always put off the idea. Seriously, mayonnaise in cake" So wrong! No, actually I was wrong! I only discovered this while testing out recipes for a favorite brand of mayonnaise (Hellmann’s).

Look at this cake! So simple, yet so cool, right" Not only will this be up there with your go-to recipes in future but you just can’t have enough of this cake. I know the question that you are busting to ask me. Will it taste anything like mayonnaise" The answer is NO! It does not taste of mayonnaise if you use a good quality one. The mayonnaise is there to work it’s magic in the cake to make it extra moist and simplify things for you. If you think about it, mayonnaise is nothing but eggs, oil and vinegar. All of these ingredients are used in varieties of cakes in different ways. To rule out this possibility to a great extent, I’ve included coffee in the recipe. You know how coffee enhances the flavour in chocolate cakes.
I have used a Chocolate Fudge Frosting to frost the cake. Chocolate ganache will work as well or any other chocolate frosting that you love. The idea is to keep things simple. To decorate the cake I’ve grated a block of dark chocolate and stuck them on the sides of the cake with my hand. I hope you try the recipe. Let me k...