Chocolate Mayo Cake Recipe
Have you tried Chocolate Mayo Cake? This incredibly simple chocolate cake recipe is decadent and delicious. With only a few ingredients, this cake is a mix and pour then bake. It is so easy to make, you will be making this chocolate mayo cake over and over again.
Servings: 8
Equipment
- Large ice cream scooper
- 1 10in round cake board
- 3 in round cake pans
Ingredients
- 2 - 15 oz box of chocolate cake mix
- 2 C Real Mayo
- 6 large eggs
- 2 C water
Frosting ingredients
- 1 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 - 8 oz cream cheese soften
- 1 1.2 Hershey special dark cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 7 C powder sugar
- 1/4 C heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Cake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease the cake pans with pam baking spray and set aside
- Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth
- Divide the batter evenly between the 3 cake pans
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely before removing from cake pans
Frosting Directions
- Using the standing mixer again, beat the cream cheese and butter until combined and smooth
- Gradually mix in the cocoa powder, vanilla and salt
- Very slowly, beat in the powdered sugar until combined
- Whisk in the heavy whipping cream until the icing is smooth and fluffy
Directions to build the cake
- Place 1 layer of cake onto the cake board
- Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and smooth evenly on one layer of cake
- Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting
- Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting