Would You Like Chocolate With That? ~ Old Fashioned Mayonnaise Cake

Oh I'm so glad we made it to Friday! I hope all of you have had a great week. This has been a very busy week! I have had a lot to do and had to throw in some dress shopping since I am heading to a Yanni Voices concert tonight with my hubby!

I have an old chocolate recipe today. A while back, I was searching for a simple, frugal chocolate recipe and remembered this old cookbook that belonged to my grandmother. Look at the simple cover on it.

Please stop looking at the old stained grout on my counters!

And here's the first page.

Do you see that? It was put together in 1957!! The ladies that helped put this book together included my grandmother and my 2 great-aunts. There are several of their recipes in there, though today's didn't come from them.

Today's recipe is short and sweet! I hope you can read it OK from the pic.

My first reaction was - blech - I'm not a big mayo fan. But then I realized that it contains oil and eggs so it made perfect sense to use it! I love how the recipe doesn't tell you what pan to use or how long to cook it. I assume that the ladies of the day already knew how to bake it! I baked it in 2 round cake pans, though I think it would be best to bake in a 9x13-inch pan. The 2 layers took around 20 minutes to bake. A 9x13 cake would take longer to bake. Take the cake out when an inserted pick comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack.

This cake was sooo moist! It falls apart rather easily. It's not heavy on the chocolate flavor and it's not super-sweet either. It would be good with a glass of milk. I think this cake would be best as a square piece from a 9x13 pan with a big dollop of some sweetened whipped cream.

Have you heard of Mayonnaise Cake? Have you ever tried it? If not, give it a shot - it's an easy recipe!

What are you supposed to go and do right now? That's right - go get or write a chocolate post and come back to link it up and share! You can get more info here and you can take a look at last week's links.

Before you go get that, I have to share a link to chocolate with you. It's from The Recipe Girl - Fudgy Kahlua Brownies With Browned Butter Icing. Oh my, if that doesn't get you drooling, I don't know what will!

Have a blessed Chocolate Friday and don't forget to link up something chocolatey! And please spread the word about Bloggy Friendship Days next week!