Thursday 2 June 2011

Vanilla and Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

I wasn't intending to post about this, as I made it in a hurry and didn't think the idea had worked very well. However, when I cut into the cake, it looked so pretty that I thought it was worth writing about it.

This cake was an adaptation of the Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake I made a while ago, but I made a plain vanilla flavoured cake by leaving out the cocoa and increasing the flour. Then I stirred a cocoa paste made from 30g cocoa and some boiling water into one portion of the batter (a bit less than half, by weight).

At this point I realised the two batters were too thin to marble properly, so I poured the vanilla batter into the cake tin, added the chocolate batter on top, and attempted to swirl the two together with a fork. I had no idea how much (or little) the two batters had mixed until the cake was cut, but I was pleasantly surprised by the result!

This didn't turn out to be a spectacularly good cake - it's more the sort of thing you have on hand for people who expect a daily portion of cake, rather than something you bake for guests - but it is a moist, tasty sponge cake, with an acceptable chocolate flavour. I don't think anyone would guess it had no butter in it!
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12 comments:

  1. cornercottage2 June 2011 at 16:43

    That looks so pretty! (and really tasty!)

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  2. Caroline2 June 2011 at 19:38

    It does indeed look very attractive! I often want to blog things that I've made but am hampered by my totally useless photography. I post them anyway though ;-)

    Glad you're still able to post, even if it's a complete pain to do.

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  3. katecakesandbakes2 June 2011 at 23:23

    Absolutely- it does look a real attractive cake! Its funny how sometimes the things you don't expect to turn out well, or look that 'pretty' actually turn out great and look great! And of course, I find, vice versa!

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  4. Ruth3 June 2011 at 00:19

    It does look very pretty! I definitely wouldn't turn down a slice of that!

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  5. Suelle3 June 2011 at 14:55

    C - making new posts to my blog is fine - it's just adding or replying to comments, either here or on other blogs, which is proving difficult. It's OK if the comment form pops up in a new window, but I can't use embedded comment forms! Go figure!

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  6. Baking Addict3 June 2011 at 23:00

    It definitely looks very pretty and I'm sure it tasted good too. I've seen a few mayonnaise cake recipes - must give it a try soon.

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  7. Caroline4 June 2011 at 19:46

    Suelle - that's exactly the problem I'm having!

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  8. Suelle4 June 2011 at 19:54

    C - Snowy over at Cookbooks Galore is having problems too, but I can't post to her blog to tell her she's not the only one - she doesn't have an email contact either!

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  9. Choclette5 June 2011 at 19:45

    I've always said you are the marbling queen and I'm sticking to my guns on that - it looks brilliant Suelle.

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  10. Bake...Mistake?26 June 2011 at 10:01

    Looks delicious! Im trying to learn how to bake at the moment and this has defintely given me some inspiration! I'd love some advice on how I can improve if you get time http://bakemistake.blogspot.com/

    Thanks

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  11. Suelle26 June 2011 at 10:56

    Bake...Mistake? I'd love to comment on your blog - a simple sponge shouldn't be that difficult. Unfortunately I'm having trouble with blogger and can only post comments on blogs which have comment pages which pop up in a separate window, which isn't how you've got yours set up!

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  12. Bake...Mistake?28 June 2011 at 21:58

    Suelle thanks for replying, I've changed my blog settings so anyone can comment and its the pop up box thingy! So please comment if u get chance. Anyone got advice for making a lemon drizzle cake? I've said Il make one for friends tomorrow! Agh! Xxx

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