I wanted to make some cupcakes and cake to take to my friend's slip n slide party (it was AWESOME! a blow-up rental slip n slide, like a bouncy house), and I found this recipe in my Joy of Cooking. I didn't have any milk, and this was one of the few recipes that didn't need it. Oddly enough, it used mayonnaise. I hadn't heard of that in desserts before, but when I told a friend, he said that he'd heard of mayo in cakes and stuff before, so I guess it's more of a thing than I realized.
We hosted Good Times Fest at Galaxy Cafe last weekend, and I was manning the cookie decorating booth, which was really fun. We ended up with a lot of leftover icing and sprinkles, so I took them home and decorated the cake and took some supplies for people to decorate their own cupcakes at the party.
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
3 large eggs
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 1/3 cups water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl. Separately, melt the chocolate [I put some water in a pot and then set the chocolate in a pyrex bowl so that it balances on the rim of the pot (as shown), double-boiler style].
Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla at medium high speed, about 3 minutes. Mix the melted chocolate with the mayonnaise. Beat chocolate/mayo mixture into the wet batter. On low speed, add in flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the water. Beat until smooth and pour into prepared pans or cupcake tins.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20-40 minutes, depending on whether you make cupcakes or a cake. Let cool and ice.
We hosted Good Times Fest at Galaxy Cafe last weekend, and I was manning the cookie decorating booth, which was really fun. We ended up with a lot of leftover icing and sprinkles, so I took them home and decorated the cake and took some supplies for people to decorate their own cupcakes at the party.
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
3 large eggs
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 1/3 cups water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl. Separately, melt the chocolate [I put some water in a pot and then set the chocolate in a pyrex bowl so that it balances on the rim of the pot (as shown), double-boiler style].
Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla at medium high speed, about 3 minutes. Mix the melted chocolate with the mayonnaise. Beat chocolate/mayo mixture into the wet batter. On low speed, add in flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the water. Beat until smooth and pour into prepared pans or cupcake tins.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20-40 minutes, depending on whether you make cupcakes or a cake. Let cool and ice.
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