White Mayonnaise Cake with Chocolate Frosting!

Okay, I know that I'm going a little over board with the mayonnaise thing, BUT...have you ever wanted to bake a cake, but you didn't have any eggs?

Well, I have, but thanks to the age of information, I could simply utilize the internet to search "mayonnaise cake". Many sites provided a chocolate cake recipe with chocolate frosting. However, I finally found a white mayonnaise cake on cooks.com (direct link to source) . They also provide a coconut icing recipe from scratch. However, I have put a spin on  this recipe. A while ago I bought Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting on sale (Buy 1 get 1 free...I only bought 1, and with my Food Lion card, it came up to $1.19). Here's the recipe:


WHITE MAYONNAISE CAKE

1 1/2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. boiling water
1 c. mayonnaise
1 tsp. vanilla


Sift the flour. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water with salt. Beat mayonnaise and sugar to a creamy mixture. Mix ingredients together. Pour into greased and floured pan (recommended size: 13 x 9 inch). Bake 35 minutes at 325 degrees. Add 4 tablespoons cocoa to make Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Now, I don't utilize a lot of kitchen appliances related to baking, but I do pretty good with what I have! This is why I have not gone out and purchased a boat load of electric utensils and such because it hasn't been necessary. Besides, I'm a penny pincher...check out some pics of this cake:

Here are pictures of how the mixture looked:

Consistency:

 I dipped a napkin in oil and I swiped the bottom and sides of the pan to coat it, then I sprinkled a dusting of flour and twisted the pan around to let it fall to the sides.

 

 I chose to make two cakes in a large cast iron pan, so they would have room to rise, but as you can see my cakes came out short, but I ended up making a two layer cake.

Here's a different angle for you can see where the batter came up to the edges in the pan that I used:

I used my toaster oven again at its highest setting of 450 degrees for about 30-35 minutes or until it reaches a golden color:

 

Allow cakes to cool:

I cheated with the icing, but at least the cake is from scratch

 I just liked this photo:

 

A slice!