Chocolate Miracle Cake Recipe
Also, known as Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake. Mayonnaise sounds like a weird cake ingredient, but it just replaces the eggs and oil. Actually, the cake was "invented" by Hellmann's because of food shortages during the war. It used Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. But, Kraft's Foods was not to be upstaged, so they did their own recipe and promoted it on their Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (a very popular alternative to mayo). One wonders if they were/are as competitive as Coke/Pepsi!
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 and 1/2 cups cold water
- 1 and 1/2 cups mayonnaise
Directions
- Mix all ingredients in order given.
- Pour into a greased 9x12" pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Cool and frost!
- My family likes Peanut Butter Frosting best.
- Make vanilla butter frosting and add about 1/2 cup peanut butter.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 23g | |
| Recipe makes 20 servings | |
| Calories 86 | |
| Calories from Fat 3 | 3% |
| Total Fat 0.36g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0.14g | 1% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 212mg | 9% |
| Potassium 52mg | 1% |
| Total Carbs 18.02g | 5% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.7g | 2% |
| Sugars 2.96g | 2% |
| Protein 2.23g | 4% |
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March 22, 2015
I cannot tell the difference between mayo and Miracle Whip in most things. I know other people can or have a preference so go with what you know and love. BTW, there is no Miracle Whip in the UK, but they do have Salad Cream instead. It is available in Germany but spelled Miracel Whip! Go figure.I've cooked/tasted this recipe!
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- September 30, 2012This is the modern day recipe from Hellmann's:
http://www.hellmanns.com/recipes/detail/2080/1
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