Mayonnaise Cake

 

Linda Stevens of Hagerstown has been making Mayonnaise Cake for about 30 years.

Stevens, a cook at Woodpoint Grill in Hagerstown, got the recipe from her mother, the late Ruth Kriner.

Mayonnaise is substituted for eggs and butter, and it makes the cake heavy and moist, says Stevens, 50.

"Tasting is believing," she says.

Mayonnaise Cake (Moist Chocolate Cake)

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2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup hot water

Blend all ingredients with mixer 2 to 3 minutes and pour into greased loaf or round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.