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Speaking of Duke's mayo...ever try the cake recipe?

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,455
A favorite bake on my egg is a triple chocolate cake in a bundt pan. Today I was reading the history of Duke's mayo and ran across this cake recipe using Duke's. I just wondered if anybody here has tried it. Here's a link... http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/dukes-chocolate-cake/13678/
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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
    When I was a kid, my Mother had a recipe for Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake. It was awesome.
    I don't have the recipe, but she allowed me to make it occasionally, with her supervision. It was super moist. 
     That was 45 years ago. I wish I had the recipe now. 
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  • anzyegg
    anzyegg Posts: 1,104
    I never have but it sounds good. I am a Duke mayonnaise advocate. Great mayo!!
  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    So far the response hasn't been deafening LOL! I may just go ahead and try this recipe but since I don't have the two 8" cake pans needed plus I don't need the added calories from the frosting I won't do that either. Just the same going bare nekked as I call my favorite chocolate cake which also has no frosting I think I can do a better taste evaluation.
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  • piney
    piney Posts: 1,478
    Where did everyone hear of Dukes? I can remember not to long ago it was a southeastern thing
    Lenoir, N.C.
  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
    @RRP CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE IS GREAT!!!!
    I don't beleive the mayo brand makes any difference. 
    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    piney said:
    Where did everyone hear of Dukes? I can remember not to long ago it was a southeastern thing

    Don't know about others, but in some thread a while back on this forum someone mentioned it and similar great comments were made.
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  • Ron this is great! I'm always looking for unusual recipes and a chocolate-mayo cake fits the bill. Bookmarked and thank you!
    Flint, Michigan
  • 500
    500 Posts: 3,184
    I think Duke's mayo is the best commercial mayo available. It's different than Hellman's but I find it hard to explain why. I've made homemade mayo before, and like this recipe; http://www.sisboomblog.com/2012/12/mayonnaise-recipe/. I added 2 tsp cider vinegar and 1 tsp sugar to give it a Duke's Mayo taste. I would think this is a good recipe. Since mayo is essentially oil and eggs, I can see the mayo making it moist.
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  • hapster
    hapster Posts: 7,503
    My mom has always made a chocolate cake using mayo... Hands down the best chocolate cake I've ever had, homemade or commercial...
  • gamason
    gamason Posts: 406
    Thats how my grandma and great grandma made thier choclate cakes. Both used Dukes. Thats all Ive ever eaten. It is by far the BEST mayo there is.

    Snellville,Ga.

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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    From a guy that has eaten a mayonase sandwich, why not put that in a cake!  
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    I was raised on Bama mayonnaise. The stuff is great. Would never eat any other kind. My wife and I got in a huge fight shortly after we were married because she brought some other brand home. It has always been Bama mayo or no mayo. That being said, about 6 months ago I tried Dukes and the stuff is great. I now buy both.

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,593
    never used mayo in a cake but portuguese rotten cake is made with a cup and a half olive oil and up to 8 eggs which must be similar
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    I think I recently read that Duke's has less sugar in it than most mayo. Something to do with it being developed during the Depression or a war time and sugar was scarce and expensive. Anybody hear anything like that? Whatver, still my favorite brand.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Griffin said:
    I think I recently read that Duke's has less sugar in it than most mayo. Something to do with it being developed during the Depression or a war time and sugar was scarce and expensive. Anybody hear anything like that? .
    According to the Washington Post article:
    Thankfully, Eugenia didn’t stop with sandwiches. Inspired by letters from soldiers requesting the recipe for her sandwich spreads, she began bottling mayonnaise as a separate product around 1923. She used oil, egg yolks and cider vinegar, which gave the mayonnaise a particular tang, and she left out sugar, rationed during wartime.
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