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nonelvisThat's right: chocolate cake made with mayonnaise.
I saw this recipe in the March/April 2009 Cook's Illustrated, and had heard about recipes like this before, but it wasn't until![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
violetisblue made it (and I had a ton of duck egg mayonnaise to use up) that I decided to try it for myself.
This is just about the easiest chocolate cake I've ever made, second only to the standard Moosewood vegan chocolate cake recipe I've made so many times. If you can't put this together in 15 minutes, you're doing it wrong. The texture is simultaneously light and moist, and the hint of olive oil flavor (thank goodness I made the duck egg mayo with a 2:1 vegetable oil/olive oil ratio) actually worked surprisingly well with the cake.
columbina is still afraid of it. He'd better get over it quickly, though, because I really should not be responsible for eating an entire cake (even if it's only a single layer) all by myself.
I saw this recipe in the March/April 2009 Cook's Illustrated, and had heard about recipes like this before, but it wasn't until
violetisblue made it (and I had a ton of duck egg mayonnaise to use up) that I decided to try it for myself.This is just about the easiest chocolate cake I've ever made, second only to the standard Moosewood vegan chocolate cake recipe I've made so many times. If you can't put this together in 15 minutes, you're doing it wrong. The texture is simultaneously light and moist, and the hint of olive oil flavor (thank goodness I made the duck egg mayo with a 2:1 vegetable oil/olive oil ratio) actually worked surprisingly well with the cake.
columbina is still afraid of it. He'd better get over it quickly, though, because I really should not be responsible for eating an entire cake (even if it's only a single layer) all by myself.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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on 2009-07-01 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-07-01 12:25 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-07-01 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-07-01 12:36 am (UTC)1) allowing the cocoa to "bloom," thereby enhancing its flavor, while simultaneously melting the chocolate bits; and
2) complementing the chocolate flavor in general.
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on 2009-07-01 12:53 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-07-01 01:02 am (UTC)The olive oil orange cake sounded good too, so do let me know how that turns out!
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on 2009-07-01 04:55 am (UTC)I know him well enough that I should not make a joke about Miracle Whip.
But I could.
But I won't.
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on 2009-07-01 12:53 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure that like me, he thinks Miracle Whip is foul. Which is a good thing, because disagreeing on that kind of point is the sort of thing that makes or breaks a marriage.
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on 2009-07-01 02:00 pm (UTC)Can you think of any reason this might not work with cupcakes? I am encouraged by the fact that the recipe says to dust with confectioner's sugar rather than frosting -- I have a kid who hates frosting and I'm trying to figure out what to do for her birthday. Last year I did carrot cake but I like that with frosting. So it's either unfrosted cupcakes or a blackberry pie.
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on 2009-07-01 02:08 pm (UTC)Not that there's anything wrong with blackberry pie, mind you ...