eh. I'm kinda sick of the mayo kick. First mayo on grilled cheese and now in cake? I'm sure it tastes good and I know that mayo isn't made of anything gross, but it is kind of nasty to think about (I like mayo on a sandwich, don't get me wrong).

this has church supper written *all* over it. (not a bad thing, in my book).

It's essentially oil, egg and bit of vinegar. Why not just add oil, egg and vinegar? Do we really need to be adding more processed ingredients to our foods?

When I think of chocolate mayonnaise cake, I think of my grandmother. She would make it occasionally. She grew up during the Depression, so the WWII timeframe makes sense to me. Anyway, the cake was delicious! It had a nice little tang to it. A favourite for me and my sisters.

I used a recipe like this one this past summer and it was amazing. I have a track record when it comes to screwing up baking, but this did the trick! I doubt I'll use any other kind of chocolate cake recipe again: if it works, stick with it.

And, one could, if they were ever considering it, safely sample the batter without fear of salmonella poisoning. Not that I ever would *ahem*

Mayo in cake isn't a new thing, but an ingredient that isn't a bad idea to bring back into baking. My grandmother's recipe calls for it and I wouldn't be surprised if the recipe came from my great grandmother originally. It adds a richness and moisture to the cake, similar to sour cream, but without the tartness.

Hellman's mayonnaise (or Best Foods) has a great recipe for a chocolate cake that my mother used to make. It is delicious!

Chocolate mayonnaise cake is my father's favorite. Anyone I've ever mentioned it to looks utterly disgusted, but when they taste it (not knowing what it is), I get rave reviews. It does taste a little different from your typical chocolate cake, but in a good and interesting way. And the best part: it's super moist. Delish.

Even though I understand why this might work, it sounds gross to me, I could never make that cake.

Yea, I agree with most others- mayo is a dated "secret ingredient" for cakes been around for seemingly ever, much like tomato soup cake, coke cake, etc that everyone's great grandma made. But if you know the basics of what actually makes a cake moist, there's never a need to dump mayo or the like in a cake. You can just add an extra egg or some oil, etc.

I know there is nothing scary in mayonnaise. I do. It just makes me gag to think about it in a chocolate cake. I can't even bring myself to do the mayo on the outside of grilled cheese. Something about heating up mayo just grosses me out.

I think its interesting. Not everything on the site has to be shiny, new, and innovative. This is just an old classic with a bit of history. Simple for those who are intimidated by playing with recipes and dont mind eating a cake made with mayo. :)

I'm terrified of mayo, everything about it makes me sick, I'm dry heaving just remembering seeing my college roommates lick the crusty mayonnaise off the inside of the jar...so...no, I would not try this, personally. I'd be pretty pissed if someone served it to me without revealing the mayo component, but that's just me. Oh god I feel sick.

Mimee25, your cakes usually have mayo in them, it's just deconstructed. Mayo is pretty much just eggs and oil.

The only way I ever eat mayo is in my Grandma's chocolate cake recipe!

As for the "why not just add eggs oil and vinegar?" smarty-pants remarks - because adding an emulsification is going to have different results than adding the raw components. It'd be similar to the difference of just throwing some egg whites in your pancakes OR whipping them up first and then folding them in.

I'm bookmarking the cake and that magnificent looking frosting for later.

My parents used to serve a Mayo chocolate cake with raspberry preserves in the center of the layers, and it's my birthday request every year! It's the best.

I am trying my hardest not to be a dummy and get grossed out by this because jennawithonen is totally right about already eating deconstructed mayo. I don't eat mayonnaise (and this puts me in the minority for sure) but I am more apt to try it if I make my own mayo and control those ingredients.

I have made chocolate cupcakes using mayo and they turned out incredibly moist. Delicious, too.

chocolate mayonnaise cake is awesome and put peanut butter frosting on it is even better.

I love all things involving mayo (well, vegenaise, since I'm vegan), so I'd be down... but I'm rather surprised the cake calls for 3 eggs in ADDITION to the mayo. If the development of mayo cake recipes came from the lack of staples like eggs, this must not be a very accurate reproduction.

chocolate cake is my favorite thing in the world. mayo is my LEAST favorite thing... ever. there is absolutely no way i would ever put it in cake. i dont care who says it's good!

Oil based cakes were popular because butter was in short supply, less so with eggs.

My grandmother made a lot of oil based cakes because they are cheaper than butter based cakes.

While i was in culinary arts school, one of our professors used to mix mayonese and chocolate, as a sauce for game. Trying it was like eating a tasty spoonfull of allergy. A really tasty one though.

This sounded kind of gross on first read, but it makes sense. My husband, who dislikes mayo, would have to be tricked in to trying it if I ever attempted it.

Now someone mentioned tomato soup cake. THAT sounds repuslive!

I hate mayo, won't come near it, unless it's in a chocolate cake.

I would like to try greek yogurt in cake. I have tried it in banana bread and waffles and they both turned out moist and yummy. I bet greek yogurt would be a great option, and better for you.

I had a mayo chocolate cake once, and it just made me want to gag. The taste was so...off. My boyfriend made it for my birthday, and I was trying so hard to be nice and just eat it, but I was almost crying trying to force it down without gagging. He later told me it was his mom's mayonnaise cake recipe. I have tried the mayo grilled cheese, and while I didn't like it as much as butter, I didn't find it gross or anything (I was sort of expecting it to be).

I just have to say Ewww... I've never been a fan of mayo. It grosses me out. I used to like it until I saw my brother eating it with everything. He mixes it into EVERYTHING. After that I've been grossed for the entirety of my life. Never again. Ever. Haven't had it since then. Been practically a decade not even on a sandwich.

I can't believe a lot of people are grossed out by may in cake mix. I use a 1 1/4 cup of Best Foods Mayo in all of my cake mixes to make my cakes deliciously moist. I never tell anyone the added ingredient until after the fact and I would get many compliments of how moist and delicious it was and what am I doing to get it moist because their boxed cake mix doesn't have such moistness as mine and I would then say what and how much "BEST FOODS MAYONNAISE" (don't use any other Mayo, those other ones tend to be either sweet, tart, etc. Which I think is ugh, just like store bought macaroni or potato salad..Eww, ugh). How surprise they would be that they didn't taste Mayo in it. A friends mom shared this added ingredient with me when I was in high school and 16yrs later I still make my boxed cake mix with mayo. Don't knock it til you try it my parents always told me. Just use mayonnaise by BEST FOODS, stay away from the low fat/lite mayo, it tastes a little different. Surprise element never tell anyone what you use until after its eaten, however, be careful if you know someone has any food allergies, etc. Enjoy.