Pooka's Chocolate Cake

The Best Ever Chocolate Cake

I decided to write a note on this when I realised there is not recipe for this on the web.  It's fatty, bad for you and too good not tp have at least once in awhile.  With the chocolate mayo cake it tastes better than the Bill Knapp's chocolate cake of my childhood.  It tastes like a melted Hershey bar.  No lie

The Frosting


9 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup sugar

3 T. water

3 egg yolks

2 sticks real and not light butter, no margerine in this frosting

2 T vegetable shortining(optional)

1. Bring sugar and water to a boil ina small saucepan. 

2. Boil for 1 minute pour over chocolate and stir till smooth. 

3.  If the mixture becomes granular and starts to stiffen add the vegetable shortening.  

4. Set aside and cool to room temperature, cover. 

5. Then in another bowl beat the egg yolks until well blended.  

6. Add the cooled chocolate mixture.  

7. Then beat in the butter 2 T. at a time.Keep beating until the frosting is as light and fluffy as mayonnaise   

8. This should be enough to frost a two layer cake.

The Cake

This is the first from scratch cake I learned to make really well.  It's simple and idiot proof.

2 c. flour

2 t. baking soda

8 T. cocoa

1 c. water

1 c. granulated sugar

1 c. mayo ( has to be mayo, not Miracle Whip)

1 T. vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

2. Stir flour, soda, and cocoa: set aside   
3. Beat together sugar mayonnaise  water, and vanilla. 
4. Add flour mixture and mix until moistened and well blended.  
5. Pour batter into two greased cake pans or one rectangular one.  
6. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes if two cake pans, 30 minutes for a rectangular pan.